I seem to recall reading that several Shipping Companies. Were looking into reviving Schooners and other assorted Sailing Ships styles of yesteryear. For both Costal Trade. And non-time sensitive international shipping.
In Europe several companies sail these old schooners with transatlantic trade routes on limited amount of goods, of course, but, it is a very interesting way of keeping a supply chain alive.
Sail250 is an official multi-state, high-profile international tall ship and military project formed to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States.
Sail is going to come back in a big bad way, as economically sustainable becomes more important than profits-per-hour. Fossil fuels are a finite resource and even synthetic stuff costs less than the wind. Eventually it will become markedly inefficient to move fossil fuels around the world on vessels powered by fossil fuels, just to speed up the global supply chain. Fossil fuels will be too expensive to spend on shipping themselves. And AI doesn't really help with that problem, whereas there are so many possible applications of AI to make sailing as efficient as possible.
We're talking real-time micro adjustments across the whole ship, fuelled by satellite data. The whole thing could be automated, or it could be as simple as an AI local radio channel that everyone on ship is patched into during shift. It will probably become a better use of money and oil to make space-age fabrics for sails than to just burn it in exchange for going faster.
America. Has a beautiful ring to it.
I seem to recall reading that several Shipping Companies. Were looking into reviving Schooners and other assorted Sailing Ships styles of yesteryear. For both Costal Trade. And non-time sensitive international shipping.
Start training up some shipwrights, there are still a few of them around, they would love to pass on their skills.
Not to mention training up some topgallant boys, under 16 only. No one older as they tend to fall off, especially in some bad seas and weather.
There are a bunch of illegals in New York they could use.
In Europe several companies sail these old schooners with transatlantic trade routes on limited amount of goods, of course, but, it is a very interesting way of keeping a supply chain alive.
Seen them in Duluth a couple of times over the years and it is a real treat...
Between the Bicentennial celebrations and the year of Mark "The Bird" Fidrych, the summer of 1976 was glorious for an 11 year old boy.
Two fifty, with Trump leading the festivities, would top it by orders of magnitude.
Can't wait! Love of Country! Patriotism! Pomp and National Celebrations! It will be a sight for sore eyes! 🇺🇸❤️🤍💙
Sail is going to come back in a big bad way, as economically sustainable becomes more important than profits-per-hour. Fossil fuels are a finite resource and even synthetic stuff costs less than the wind. Eventually it will become markedly inefficient to move fossil fuels around the world on vessels powered by fossil fuels, just to speed up the global supply chain. Fossil fuels will be too expensive to spend on shipping themselves. And AI doesn't really help with that problem, whereas there are so many possible applications of AI to make sailing as efficient as possible.
We're talking real-time micro adjustments across the whole ship, fuelled by satellite data. The whole thing could be automated, or it could be as simple as an AI local radio channel that everyone on ship is patched into during shift. It will probably become a better use of money and oil to make space-age fabrics for sails than to just burn it in exchange for going faster.