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Imperial Washington: Ozymandias on the Potomac
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/26/imperial-washington-ozymandias-on-the-potomac/
Alfred W. McCoy on the role of energy over the past five centuries in fueling imperial supremacy and the current politics of American decline amid China’s green-energy ride to global power. By Alfred McCoy TomDispatch.com At the dawning of the…
#Politics #BidenAdministration #Books #China #Commentary #Economy #Nato #Netherlands #Portugal #Spain #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #UnitedKingdon #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AlfredMccoy #ElectricBatteries #ElectricVehicles(evs) #EnergyPolicy #GreenEnergy #InternationalRenewableEnergyAgency #PercyByssheShelley #RareEarthMinerals #RobertC.O’brien #SailPower #SolarPower

This one has more details. One of the cool things is that it can be fitted to current vessels easily. I hope it's not just more greenwashing though.

#shipping #shippingemissions #sailpower #kites #cargovessels

Giant kites could pull ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissions | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/travel/airseas-giant-kites-ships-slash-carbon-emissions-scn-climate-spc/index.html

This one has more details. One of the cool things is that it can be fitted to current vessels easily. I hope it's not just more greenwashing though.

#shipping #shippingemissions #sailpower #kites #cargovessels

Giant kites could pull ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissions | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/travel/airseas-giant-kites-ships-slash-carbon-emissions-scn-climate-spc/index.html

This one has more details. One of the cool things is that it can be fitted to current vessels easily. I hope it's not just more greenwashing though.

#shipping #shippingemissions #sailpower #kites #cargovessels

Giant kites could pull ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissions | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/travel/airseas-giant-kites-ships-slash-carbon-emissions-scn-climate-spc/index.html

This one has more details. One of the cool things is that it can be fitted to current vessels easily. I hope it's not just more greenwashing though.

#shipping #shippingemissions #sailpower #kites #cargovessels

Giant kites could pull ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissions | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/travel/airseas-giant-kites-ships-slash-carbon-emissions-scn-climate-spc/index.html

It doesn't give any figures as to how much fuel the ships save, but kinda cool regardless.

#shipping #shippingemissions #sailpower #kites #cargovessels

Revolutionary: Giant kite helps sail 21,528-ton ship in Atlantic Ocean https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/giant-kite-sails-21528-ton-ship-atlantic-ocean

It doesn't give any figures as to how much fuel the ships save, but kinda cool regardless.

#shipping #shippingemissions #sailpower #kites #cargovessels

Revolutionary: Giant kite helps sail 21,528-ton ship in Atlantic Ocean https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/giant-kite-sails-21528-ton-ship-atlantic-ocean

It doesn't give any figures as to how much fuel the ships save, but kinda cool regardless.

#shipping #shippingemissions #sailpower #kites #cargovessels

Revolutionary: Giant kite helps sail 21,528-ton ship in Atlantic Ocean https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/giant-kite-sails-21528-ton-ship-atlantic-ocean

It doesn't give any figures as to how much fuel the ships save, but kinda cool regardless.

#shipping #shippingemissions #sailpower #kites #cargovessels

Revolutionary: Giant kite helps sail 21,528-ton ship in Atlantic Ocean https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/giant-kite-sails-21528-ton-ship-atlantic-ocean