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Solar sail for gas-guzzling yachts
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/11/04/solar.sails/index.html"><LI class="cnnHiliteHeader">Story Highlights</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Solar sails are large solar-paneled wings which can harness sun or wind power<BR /> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Sydney-based company Solar Sailor is developing the technology<BR /> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> The solar sails could be fixed to super-yachts to help reduce their fuel consumption</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/11/04/solar.sails/index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cnn.com/img/9AAFE693-D676-41A8-A597-3110866D6DDE" alt="The solar sail: super-yachts could cut fuel consumption and emissions by using a sail similar to this." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/11/04/solar.sails/index.html"><P> The solar sail: super-yachts could cut fuel consumption and emissions by using a sail similar to this. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/11/04/solar.sails/index.html"><P> Super-yachts owned by billionaires like Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen are currently among the biggest fuel guzzlers on the planet. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/11/04/solar.sails/index.html"><P> Some of the ocean-going beasts like Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's "Dubai," the biggest private super-yacht in the world, are over 150 meters long and contain amenities like aircraft hangars, movie theaters, Jacuzzis, and swimming pools. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/11/04/solar.sails/index.html"><P> Fuel consumption estimates on super-yachts have ranged up to one liter of fuel per second when traveling at high power. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; 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