
An illustration shows a wind-powered car and truck carrier ship that a Swedish consortium is developing and aiming to launch late 2024. Photograph: Wallenius Marine/Reuters
Old school (sailing cargo ships) becoming the new trend is as good as news gets these days:
Cargo ships powered by wind could help tackle climate crisis
Shipping produces much of the world’s greenhouse gases but new technology offers solutions to cut fuel use
Cars, trucks and planes get plenty of blame for helping drive the climate crisis, but shipping produces a large portion of the world’s greenhouse gases, as well as nitrogen oxides and sulphur pollution because ships largely use cheap heavy fuel oil. Continue reading