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Episode: Sails ahoy! Pioneers spearhead comeback for wind to clean up global shipping
Description: Seafaring pioneers are spearheading a comeback for wind power in the shipping industry, to try to make a dent in its huge carbon footprint.
The international merchant fleet of more than 100,000 ships that transports most of the world’s trade is responsible for about 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Now the return of ocean-going cargo ships that mainly use sails for propulsion could help solve shipping’s need for alternatives to fossil fuels.
Captain of the Grain de Sail II cargo carrier Yann Jourdan says, “We always use the sails and only the sails. I mean, we don’t use the engi...