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nikdaheratik on Oct 8, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Wind-powered ships are making a comeback

[Snipped after looking at how it works again]

danielvf on Oct 8, 2018 [–]

No, I don’t think that’s what it’s doing. It’s actually powered - using electricity to make it spin. As a result of the spin, it creates vortexes that push 90 degrees to the wind.

nikdaheratik on Oct 8, 2018 | [–]

Yeah I think I was still confused about how it works, but I've just decided to snip out my comment instead.

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