The future of travelling by sea lies with the wind

[HEXUS]

Two German companies have collaborated to design a state of the art kite system to pull enormous ships across the oceans. Reduced CO2 emissions and increased earnings? What's not to like?

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[[GSV]Trig]

Be fun if the cable snapped and the big kite hits an airplane..

Or maybe pulls the ship up off the sea, now that'd make interesting TV...

[Funkstar]

I can see this catching on with cargo companies pretty quickly, especially if it can be retro fitted to existing cargo ships. Fuel is a significant portion of their operating costs, especially with the current oil price.

very cool idea