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The biggest fire in France has most likely accidental root cause (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feux_de_for%C3%AAt_de_2026_en_...)
https://www.ics-shipping.org/resource/shippings-role-in-the-...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timbre_analyser-CNAM...
https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2021/05/how-to-design-a-sail... is worth reading. Basically container ships are incredibly energy efficient. If we want to go back to sailing ships for cargo, then we need to massively scale down global exchanges.
Now on a positive note, if we find some devices, easy to operate, low cost and that can save few percent of fuel (being fossile or green), then that could still be useful.
I would really like to see numbers; as elegant as it appears, I don't really think it can be very efficient.
Given how each word is carefully weighted in their report, this sounds a bit scary to me.