I thought my 12m kite was big enough. A 5000m kite?!?!

[Jimmychunga]

Its inventor, Stephan Wrage, a 34-year-old German engineer, claims the kite will significantly reduce carbon emissions, cutting diesel consumption by up to 20 per cent and saving £800 a day in fuel costs.



For full article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.j ... ite120.xml

[Tighe]

Pretty cool eh? They've been working on it for a few years. They just started using them this year I think

http://skysails.info/index.php?L=1

[Geo]

Noticeably absent from the articles are any mention of hangtime. I bet these would work killer for flat boats like, um, barges. I like the idea of planing freighters.