On 01/05/2019 11:05, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Vir Campestris wrote:
On 30/04/2019 19:12, harry wrote:
Drivel. The wind blows all the time. It just moves about. Maters are
improving as the East West grid is built up.

Tell me Harry, why don't we use sailing ships any more?

Don't some still use wind in addition to their engines? To save on fuel
costs?


A very few.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind-assisted_propulsion

says it can save as much as 20% of the fuel costs.

Andy