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Zero Emission Trash Trade

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1. Start with a fictitious country which I’ll call “North Trashministan” that has nothing but rolling sand-dunes for a thousand miles where not even a camel goes. I.e. 120 degrees and no water table: your basic moonscape.

2. Rent said worthless sand dune from local overlord for actual money and employ lots of otherwise underemployed dune dwellers livable wages to contract to accept and import the worlds garbage.

3. you need trash barges: lots and lots of them. Think drone solar powered Panamax clipper ships made from recycled bottles that run on wind and autopilot. Almost no crew. Zero fuel and as slow as it needs to be to deliver trash on schedule.

Seems like there could be a business model there...I wonder what’s the going rate of garbage/ton.

ShawnBob, Jun 05 2022

https://www.yachtin...ling-vessels-131169 Self (Robotic) Sailing [ShawnBob, Jun 06 2022]

https://theplastiki.com/ Plastic Vessel [ShawnBob, Jun 06 2022]

The world’s first transoceanic voyage with autonomous navigation is a success https://interesting...tonomous-navigation
[Voice, Jun 06 2022]

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       Problem I see is transport costs. I've imported products I've designed from overseas and shipping ain't cheap.   

       Bun for the name "Trashministan" though.
doctorremulac3, Jun 05 2022
  

       yeah...that’s the issue exactly. A lot of transport cost is fuel (Those freighters burn massive fuel) + crew. Said “trash ships” would not have fuel cost (solar and wind). The trade off is speed reduction...sailing vessels would take a long voyage... but then again, who cares about how fast you ship garbage? It doesn’t expire.
ShawnBob, Jun 05 2022
  

       They can burn garbage for fuel...
Voice, Jun 05 2022
  

       // Panamax clipper ships //   

       This technology doesn't exist.   

       //made from recycled bottles//   

       Neither does this one.   

       //(sailing ship using mostly) autopilot.//   

       Nor this.
Voice, Jun 05 2022
  

       Ok, well maybe smaller clipper-ships more frequent service. There may be some upper limit on sail area...solar motors work ok too...again it could be super slow.   

       Ship made from bottles: See Link   

       Self Sailing: See Link
ShawnBob, Jun 06 2022
  

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Voice, Jun 06 2022
  

       //Ship made from bottles: See Link//   

       F*K me that website is annoying.   

       I gave up on finding useful information, but if it's the one I saw reported elsewhere, it wasn't very efficient. Too much drag.
Loris, Jun 06 2022
  
      
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