Paradigme

All of this is technically possible, and as we have seen, it would produce less in emissions than the present alternatives. However, it’s more likely that a switch to sailing ships is accompanied by a decrease in cargo and passenger traffic, and this has everything to do with scale and speed. A lot of freight and passengers would not be travelling if it were not for the high speeds and low costs of today’s airplanes and container ships.

It would make little sense to transport iPhones parts, Amazon wares, sweatshop clothes, or citytrippers with sailing ships. A sailing ship is more than a technical means of transportation: it implies another view on consumption, production, time, space, leisure, and travel.

How to design a sailing ship for the 21st century? (cache)

Un superbe article sur ce que signifierait « aller vers de la navigation moins carbonée » et un bon rappel qu’un changement de paradigme entraine une évolution des mentalités et des usages associés.

J’imagine chaque bateau transportant son instance de Secure Scuttlebutt (qui n’aurait jamais aussi bien porté son nom) ou échangeant des fichiers à chaque fois qu’il croise un autre navire avec IPFS. On irait attendre des messages numériques comme on attendait probablement le courrier il y a un siècle, au port.

À quoi ressemblerait un transport… de données pour le 21^e siècle ?