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Winged cargo ship saves three tonnes of fuel per day on first voyage (newatlas.com)
submitted 7 months ago by mac@programming.dev to c/tech@programming.dev
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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world -4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

IIRC it still burns a crapload of regular fuel, say 14T a day; so yeah, it’s a savings, but it needs to be better.

[–] mapleseedfall@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago

Any savings is a good step. stop discounting those steps

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