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Eco-friendly Solutions
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:15 pm
by SphereOfFeetMan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7609704.stm
What other new/strange/obscure environmentally friendly solutions are now being used or developed? What are their advantages/disadvantages?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:28 pm
by Crissa
The
Flettner Rotor is apparently making a comeback, because it can be easily computer controlled.
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:53 am
by JonSetanta
Well, if worse comes to worse, we can always eat dirt....
That's pretty eco-friendly right there.
If, you know, eating dirt is your thing.
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:23 pm
by tzor
Crissa wrote:The
Flettner Rotor is apparently making a comeback, because it can be easily computer controlled.
A variation of the Flettner Rotor was used in Jacques-Yves Cousteau's Alcyone. It is hard to say but it appears to have been a slightly inferior variation.
