I have talked about how much I wish sailships were back again in the world these days and praised some French businesses that were delivering wines on tall ships. Turns out that now some US businesses are doing this as well. Bravo!
There is genuine potential to make sailships and delivering commodities on them highly profitable. Historically, tea clippers went faster than many steamships did and their top speeds are still what modern diesel powered ships struggle to keep up with. Just imagine delivering valuable cargo like tea, coffee, cocoa, precious stones, wines etc from Latin America, Asia and Africa to Western Europe and North America! I would love to see this happen - no spending on fuel ever and also additional profits on carbon offsets that could be sold by the sailship operators. As someone who grew up in a seaside town, this just fills my heart with joy! Check out the Green Daily link at: http://www.greendaily.com/2009/03/24/wind-powered-delivery/
