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Politics: what's wrong with sailing ships?

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    Posted By: BowmanI'm pretty sure it's cotton


    Perhaps cotton has been used more recently, but traditionally it was oakum - hemp fiber soaked in pine tar.

    Anyway, I have been thinking how one could make a diy caulking tape from strips of hemp felt painted or soaked with bitumen or stockholm tar.
    • CommentAuthorcookie
    • CommentTimeFeb 9th 2010
     
    £500 you can ship a 30 tonne shipping container just about anywhere in the world.
    • CommentAuthorBowman
    • CommentTimeFeb 9th 2010 edited
     
    Posted By: cookie£500 you can ship a 30 tonne shipping container just about anywhere in the world.


    That's very optimistic, UK to US is £1500 last time I checked (two weeks ago). Far East/AUS to UK costs £5000
    • CommentAuthorarthur
    • CommentTimeFeb 10th 2010
     
    Ok, so you've convinced me there's not much point in reviving sailing ships.
    I still wonder about relative effiicienceies of land versus water though. What happens in America if you want to transport goods coast to coast. Is it ever worth going the long way around by water?

    Tom, how can canals be more efficient than railways or roads?
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    Posted By: arthurWhat happens in America if you want to transport goods coast to coast.
    Railways. Same in Canada - we have freight trains here that are literally miles long (most I counted was 86 wagons). I have friends who import various products from China to Vancouver and then transport to Montreal via train - if I recall correctly it's 1/10th of the cost of shipping by road (but this is for hazmat products).

    Paul in Montreal.
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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeFeb 10th 2010
     
    Posted By: arthurTom, how can canals be more efficient than railways or roads?
    I said bulk transport was cheaper by canal than by rail, in the late 1800s, so the canals were bought up and shut down by the railway cos.
    • CommentAuthorBowman
    • CommentTimeFeb 10th 2010
     
    Arthur, time does matter. Would you be prepared to pay £500 up front for nice new laptop then have to wait four months, or would you rather have it next week?

    p.s. I think sailing ships are great

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