• grue@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s why this is different and they aren’t talking about going back to fully-rigged sailing ships.

    (Actually, who are we kidding? They couldn’t care less how hard and dangerous the work was. The real reason they like this new design because it doesn’t have masts to get in the way of loading cargo.)

    • DoomBot5@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      To be fair, a lot of the work can be automated or remote controlled with today’s technology