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Winged cargo ship saves three tonnes of fuel per day on first voyage (newatlas.com)

submitted 7 months ago by mac to c/tech

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why would it take away from shipping volume? A biodiesel or equivalent shouldn't take up any more room then current field?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Bio fuels are typically less energy dense than dinosaur squeezings. Diesel is around 40 mega joules per liter. Biodiesel is around 33.

So in this example you only get 82.5% of the energy unless you increase capacity of the fuel tanks, which would decrease the available space for cargo.