<div dir="ltr"><div>"Emissions from the cheap fossil fuels used in the <a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-we-can-improve-commercial-shipping-s-huge-environmental-footprint" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shipping industry</a> are thought to be responsible for <a href="https://www.iea.org/reports/international-shipping" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">around 2 percent</a> of energy-related carbon emissions across the world – and the total amount continues to rise. <p>Now,
 researchers at a shipping company have designed a new type of cargo 
vessel that will be able to ship large amounts of merchandise while 
running entirely on wind power, cutting 90 percent of the typical 
shipping emissions along the way. It's being called the OceanBird.</p><p>And
 this wouldn't be a scaled-down, lightweight cargo ship either – 
according to the projections of the company behind the design, Wallenius
 Marine, OceanBird would be capable of ferrying 7,000 cars across the 
Atlantic."</p>

</div><div>As a teenager, I came across a futurist book that had an artist's conception of this type of ship on the cover. The writer had an enthusiasm for the possibilities of the future that I found utterly captivating. It drives me crazy that I can't remember the author or the book title! Argh! <br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/this-gigantic-high-tech-sailboat-uses-the-power-of-the-wind-to-transport-7-000-cars">https://www.sciencealert.com/this-gigantic-high-tech-sailboat-uses-the-power-of-the-wind-to-transport-7-000-cars</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>