WOW, why didn\'t ANYONE think of this earlier. Its so obvious...

o the things that are posable like I say, your imagination is your only limation. now replace the deisel with electric.

re; Joe Tomicki
How are you going to get the electricity, unicorn farts? ............................................................................................................................
Just as an aside the bubbles will also reduce the stress on the screws as the bubbles will absorb energy from any cavitation.

Replace the diesel with nuclear power. Now that\'ll cut CO2 emissions. Then you don\'t need MALS, although you might gain some extra speed!

Great. I wonder if they have considered a non-uniform hull surface? Air trapped in the valleys of such surface could reduce the running surface area by, let\'s say 50%.

Saving fuel is a goodness thing but the whole carbon thing has been proven to be a fraud.

Why doesn\'t it sink?

Methane bubbles in the water has been known to reduce the density of the water and sink heavily loaded ships. I wonder if this system would have the same effect. I\'m guessing not but I\'m not sure.

i believe the russians have been using this technology for years on their torpedos.
as an aside, i noticed that this new ship, for all of its advances, uses an old school propeller/rudder configuration. i\'m surprised they didn\'t go with azipods instead.

It seems it would make more sense to lengthen the ship so the draft decreases, decreasing the cross sectional surface area of the ship submerged in the water. Kite power sounds interesting as well.