kriykatNov 27
Imperial Washington: Ozymandias on the Potomac
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/26/imperial-washington-ozymandias-on-the-potomac/
Alfred W. McCoy on the role of energy over the past five centuries in fueling imperial supremacy and the current politics of American decline amid China’s green-energy ride to global power. By Alfred McCoy TomDispatch.com At the dawning of the…
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Imperial Washington: Ozymandias on the Potomac

Alfred W. McCoy on the role of energy over the past five centuries in fueling imperial supremacy and the current politics of American decline amid China’s green-energy ride to global power.   By Alfred McCoy TomDispatch.com At the dawning of the British Empire in 1818, the romantic poet P

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Simon BrookeNov 11

First voyage by a new, purpose designed, sailing cargo ship completed -- with teething problems, admittedly.

But this is the only way we're going to be able to continue intercontinental trade into the second half of this century, so I'm glad to see it.

#SailPower
#ClimateEmergency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUdaBnJ58jI

World's largest cargo sailboat makes first transatlantic crossing | REUTERS

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 5, 2024

Climate solution: Sails make a comeback in shipping, to dent its huge carbon footprint
https://apnews.com/article/climate-clean-shipping-sail-carbon-emissions-environment-0c191cb3674e157e66f65c8e58e7c0ce

* internat. merchant fleet: 100k+ ships
* transports 80+% of global trade
* responsible for 3% global greenhouse gas emissions

Comment: I love this idea ⛵️ 🪂 ⛵️ 🛳️

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ExtremeWeather #FossilFuels #CarbonFootprint #GreenhouseGas
Solutions: #SailPower #sails #shipping #sailboats #CleanEnergy #WindPower #ClimateSolutions

Climate solution: Sails make a comeback in shipping, to dent its huge carbon footprint

Seafaring pioneers are spearheading a comeback for wind power in the shipping industry, to dent its huge carbon emissions. The international merchant fleet of more than 100,000 ships that transports most of the world's trade is also responsible for about 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Mariners pushing for wind power say investors used to view them as something of a joke. But as they engineer the return of sail-powered cargo ships, they are having the last laugh. Sailors don’t claim that wind propulsion is going to rule the waves as it did for centuries. But they see a future for sailing on some cargo routes, driven by shipping’s need to decarbonize.

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ReallyCanadianFlyAug 19, 2024

This one has more details. One of the cool things is that it can be fitted to current vessels easily. I hope it's not just more greenwashing though.

#shipping #shippingemissions #sailpower #kites #cargovessels

Giant kites could pull ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissions | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/travel/airseas-giant-kites-ships-slash-carbon-emissions-scn-climate-spc/index.html

Giant kites could pull cargo ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissions

French company Airseas has developed the Seawing, a kite to help propel cargo ships, which it says could cut their carbon emissions by an average of 20%.

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ReallyCanadianFlyAug 19, 2024

It doesn't give any figures as to how much fuel the ships save, but kinda cool regardless.

#shipping #shippingemissions #sailpower #kites #cargovessels

Revolutionary: Giant kite helps sail 21,528-ton ship in Atlantic Ocean https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/giant-kite-sails-21528-ton-ship-atlantic-ocean

Revolutionary: Giant kite helps sail 21,528-ton ship in Atlantic Ocean

The 2,700-square-foot parafoil kite flies 200 meters in the air to capture steadier, stronger winds.

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Doug BostromMar 13, 2024

For good or ill the British empire was delivered by sail power. A quarter of the planet was seized on wings of wind.

And this was when we could barely manage to claw a few degrees upwind.

Sailing's way easier (and safer) now. Our grasp of aerodynamics and hydrodynamics, material science competency and other needful skills are vastly better than when sail power delivered a successful alien invasion.

So yeah, "there's potential." We only need remember it.

#SailPower

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68543677

Sail-powered cargo ship 'shows potential of wind'

Using sails reduced ship's fuel use and carbon dioxide emissions, company data indicates.

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Aug 22, 2023

Cargill ship tests wind power at sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVdVGniJNgU
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/cargill-chartered-ship-sets-sail-test-wind-power-sea-2023-08-21

* Cargill chartered dry bulk ship
* 1st voyage w. special sails
* will study how wind power can cut emissions/energy use in shipping sector

Cargill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargill

BAR Technologies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Whitmarsh#BAR_Technologies_Limited
* technology business bringing innovative solutions to enhance efficiency of marine products & reduce carbon emissions

#CargoShips #WindPower #SailPower #BARTechnologies #shipping #Cargill

Cargo ship sets sail to test wind power at sea

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