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minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoI’ve seen articles about ship kites for multiple decades now. Why is this tech still treated as a novelty?
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoIs it because they can’t get it to work?
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agono idea, i guess either that or it never pans out to be cost effective.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoI thought it was the low speed. And variability of wind
I’ve seen articles about ship kites for multiple decades now. Why is this tech still treated as a novelty?
Is it because they can’t get it to work?
no idea, i guess either that or it never pans out to be cost effective.
I thought it was the low speed. And variability of wind