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		retrocryptid 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Electric Propulsion's Dirty Secret: Why Lithium Ca... it might be fun to try to make a modern wooden sailing ship cargo fleet. maybe with an emergency diesel engine in the back.

seb1204 8 months ago [–]

It's been done, however the scale of modern Panamax containerships is baffling and most people underestimate their size.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2445620-worlds-largest-...

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