Here’s a solution to climate change straight from r/NotTheOnion: According to Bloomberg, a company wants to drag cargo ships across the ocean with giant kites in order to cut down on carbon emissions. It’s the kind of concept that comes up in a board meeting where people are told that there are no bad ideas, so bless the poor engineers who had to take this galaxy-brained theory and turn it into an actual, functioning product.
Airseas, a company that is seeking to make shipping more sustainable, is planning to launch its massive boat kite in the near future. It’s called the Seawing, and it’s a 1,000-square-meter kite that will get its first test run at the start of next year. It will be on board the 154 meter-long Ville de Bordeaux, a ship that aviation company Airbus uses to move plane components overseas. The ship will give the giant kite a six-month test run to see if it will actually work, or if this idea should have stayed on a whiteboard somewhere in the Airseas office.
