• @thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Diesel is sailboat engine are generally very efficient. Most the time she probably spends sailing, but if the wind isn’t strong enough or in the wrong direction you don’t really have another option.

    Source: I’m a sailor and own a sailboat

      • @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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        74 days ago

        You do to sail into some ports, for example, but there are a lot of sailing vessels that are pure sail.

      • Lv_InSaNe_vL
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        74 days ago

        I’m sure this varies widely by jurisdiction, but at least in my part of the states no. I just have a (smaller) sailboat and my “backup” is just ors and the coast guard haha

      • @Knightfox@lemmy.world
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        34 days ago

        Even if it weren’t a legal requirement I would hope people would have the common sense and desire for personal safety that they would have it there for a backup. I imagine our knowledge and surveillance of weather makes it a lot easier to sail if you have that information, but you could easily be stuck for a very long time if you only relied on sailing. From what I have read the Mayflower was delayed for over a month at sea due to the changing of the winds.

    • @Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world
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      54 days ago

      Beat me to it. If the sails aren’t up you just drift if you’re not under motor. If there’s not enough or too much or the wind is in the wrong direction then you don’t have any choice.

  • haui
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    304 days ago

    The israel flag in the name of the guy really hits. Do they need to use the EXACT playbook of the fascists around the world? A couple of years ago I would have suspected satire but satire died some time ago, sadly.

  • @conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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    684 days ago

    Ah ha, I have pointed out a minor hypocrisy, your entire existence is invalid!

    Everyone is a hypocrite. It’s pointless to point out hypocrisy for its own sake.

  • @BoycottPro@lemm.ee
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    254 days ago

    Reminds me about what they used to say about Al Gore on Fox “News”. They said he takes private jets. It’s a bad faith argument because those people then go on to deny climate change. Also he’s a former vice president, I’m sure security reasons are part of that decision. Also if those private jets allow him to be more productive in fighting climate change the net benefit of him using it may exceed the additional carbon generated by the jets.

    • @geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
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      274 days ago

      Greta actually follows this priciple pretty well and does not fly unless absolutely necessary. In this case she is taking a boat which is one of the most efficient ways of transporting goods such as humanitarian aid.

    • @Obi@sopuli.xyz
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      104 days ago

      The first name “Al” has been ruined, my first thought was “they’re making AI gore?”.

      • @BoycottPro@lemm.ee
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        74 days ago

        I wish fonts made the difference between uppercase i and lowercase L as clear as possible. I don’t understand why most computer fonts don’t put lines above and below the uppercase i like I think everyone is taught in school to do.

        • @Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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          Those lines are called serifs, and that’s where the term “sans serif” for different typefaces comes from (“sans” is French for “without.”) That Wikipedia page mentions claims that sans serif is more legible online, but I have not looked into the sources and don’t know enough about webpage design to make any claims about that myself.

        • @MBM@lemmings.world
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          14 days ago

          If adding serifs to the I is bad, I think a good alternative is adding a tail to the l (like a t without the bar). Some fonts do this and I’m a huge fan.

  • katy ✨
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    124 days ago

    because it’s not the 1400s and you literally need an engine in a sailboat when docking or ferrying or, you know, when there’s literally no wind.

    • @slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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      24 days ago

      The best part is that people who criticise her for things like that are the same people who have a fuck greta sticker on their coal rolling yank tanks. So they should agree with her.