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1.28.2008

Green Ship Designs

It is either awkwardly strange or elegantly ingenious.

Kite Ship is a California-based company that makes free flying sails, a giant traction kite that harnesses the wind to pull very large objects--the same principle as someone kite-surfing on the beach.

This kite contraption increases yacht speeds, improve the range of ships, using 10 - 15% less fuel and reducing sulfur emissions.

More on sky sails and the top 10 green ship designs at Ocean Kites.



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