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So I know this looks like a stupid idea but(and this is only from what I know of other ideas around this, not the article pictured above) that this is about using wind power to make cargo ships more fuel efficient, since that is their biggest operating cost, and not using only wind for propulsion, nor sails at all. I think an idea being looked into are retractable cylinders that rotate using the wind which actually creates a pressure difference, pulling the ship along, and while only a small amount, can make quite substantial gains in fuel economy.
What would these "retractable cylinders" retract into?
How much cargo space would be lost?
If wind power were actually efficient, do you really think shipping companies would be wasting money on anything else?
Wind power is truly "non profit".
They are investing heavily into it. It's not a new technology. These masts use the magnus effect to generate up to 20% fuel savings.
I said "retractable" because of on the things a cargo ship needs to do is be able to offload with pre-existing port infrastructure.
Heres a link to one that was delivered last year.
How much of a reduction in cargo capacity is required for all this gear to be installed?
Such articles are utter fantasy much like Musk's electric tractor trailers: making them electric means two tons of batteries take the place of cargo& nobody fell for it.
Remember: what you read about this green nonsense comes from people who want billions in investment money. Such a ship has never been built without massive political cash grants.
The SC Connector is pure propaganda: it is not a long haul tanker or shipping container ship...it is much smaller and only used on the Baltic and North Seas between the Scandinavian countries.
No other ships have been converted and none are planned. Notice they claim up to 25% reduction in fuel use AND emissions but don't specify how much of each, nor how many tons of batteries they have to carry or how much maintenance is required.
If it made any sense, all the shipping companies would have jumped at the chance to "save 20%" on their fuel consumption to beat the competition.
Don't believe everything you read on the web.