Peter Lynn's Can kites be economically viable (for propelling commercial shipping in mainstream applications)

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Not sure why kites can pull surfers along so well, and not boats, but at this point, it’s getting to be an old idea, with some pretty well-funded companies executing some impressive-sized demo projects, but to me, as with kite-reeling, there must be some reason why it never gets past the “prototype” or “demo” stage.

Peter Lynn about Kite Power for Commercial Shipping:

There are things that kites can do superbly- recreational kite sailing, kite boarding, buggying, sports kite flying, snow kiting, possibly kite energy systems and so on- more than enough for a kite industry many times its current size, but powering commercial shipping is not one of them.