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Re:Darkest and clearest skies at risk from industrial megapr... by post-it on Monday January 13, 2025 @05:35PM (#42690432)
There are plenty of options that are more realistic than ship-based nuclear, such as sails and biofuels.
Re:Darkest and clearest skies at risk from industrial megapr... by Galaxeblaffer on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @12:57AM (#42694185)
biofuels are not green and require huge land mass and come on dude, sails, really ?
Re:Darkest and clearest skies at risk from industrial megapr... by post-it on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:19AM (#42698264)
Biofuels are carbon neutral. They require land, but a single engineered biofuel crop could grow on land that other crops couldn't. It's a promising use for the Canadian tundra that's melting.

Sails are very promising - a cargo ship would need enough fuel to maneuver in port and to generate electricity en route, but for most of the trip it could rely on (computer-controlled) sails.

Neither of these options are mature today, but they're a lot closer than nuclear-powered cargo ships.