http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/23280/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/environmental-progress-means-backtracking-days-sail <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Businessweek advocates ditching modern ships for wind-driven clippers. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/mike-ciandella">Mike Ciandella</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>After this, maybe the Pony Express will be the next thing to come back as part of a green initiative. Environmentalists and Bloomberg Businessweek are advocating that the shipping industry backtrack 100 years and reintroduce the clipper ship. Clipper ships dominated the shipping industry in the mid-1800s, until they were edged out by steam powered ships. </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/environmental-progress-means-backtracking-days-sail" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Climate Change Environment clipper eco environment sailing ships Tue, 23 Jul 2013 18:52:13 +0000 dan.gainor 44079 at http://archive2.mrc.org