[ExI] delaware to california

[John Clark]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Dave Sill <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:

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>  Harvesting the ice seems like a reasonable idea, but I wouldn't expect
> the entire sheet to stay together that long. And instead of turbines how
> about erecting sails? Sailing against the wind is common.
>

​The largest sailing ship ever built displaced about 11 thousand tons; this
iceberg displaces at least a thousand thousand million tons. You're going
to need some mighty big sails.

John K Clark



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