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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

I checked for posts about this and didn’t see any. Hopefully the cross post works properly.

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[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This is a technology that has been on the horizon for decades, but has only ever been used on a handful of vessels.

If the benefits are as great as claimed, why isn't this the standard everywhere?

[-] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Personally I would assume because it’s a pain in the ass to maintain, when fossil fuels are less so and not presently heavily penalized.

I mean really, wind was the original seafaring option, so we already know it can be harnessed that way, but the current capitalist framework rewards doing things cheap at the expense of the planet.

Cargo ships use real bad fuels, anything would help, it just needs to be required or cheaper than polluting alternatives.

[-] sndrtj@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago

Looks like internalized costs for this rather than the externalized costs for fossil fuels. Only regulation can truly fix that.

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