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SphereOfFeetMan
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Eco-friendly Solutions

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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?
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The Flettner Rotor is apparently making a comeback, because it can be easily computer controlled.
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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.
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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.
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