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April 25, 2012
We are going to have so much oil lying around that the price may have to go down. Are THEY hoarding oil??? OH YEA!
Next-gen cargo ships could use 164-foot sails to lower fuel use by 30%
Of the world's nearly 45,000 cargo ships, many burn a low-grade bunker fuel in their engines and produce pollution equivalent to millions of automobiles. To help reduce that toxic load and keep the price of shipping freight reasonable, engineers at the University of Tokyo (UT) and a group of collaborators have designed a system of large, retractable sails measuring 64 feet (20 m) wide by 164 feet (50 m) high, which studies indicate can reduce annual fuel use on ships equipped with them by up to 30%.
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