ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 months agoA cargo ship’s ‘WindWing’ sails saved it up to 12 tons of fuel per daywww.popsci.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1302arrow-down17
arrow-up1295arrow-down1external-linkA cargo ship’s ‘WindWing’ sails saved it up to 12 tons of fuel per daywww.popsci.comProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareLorgres@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoThanks for putting it into relation to daily use. 200,000 is not realistic though. Just had a google and found this source citing up to 400 metric Tons/day https://maritimepage.com/fuel-consumption-how-much-fuel-cargo-ship-use/ 12 is 0.6% of 200,000 btw
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoThis is the correct calculation (although the 200k figure is wrong)
Thanks for putting it into relation to daily use. 200,000 is not realistic though. Just had a google and found this source citing up to 400 metric Tons/day
https://maritimepage.com/fuel-consumption-how-much-fuel-cargo-ship-use/
12 is 0.6% of 200,000 btw
0.006%
This is the correct calculation (although the 200k figure is wrong)