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Mainzerize t1_jdesivl wrote

Reply to comment by Ploobul in EU strikes ‘ground-breaking’ deal to cut maritime emissions by blinkybillgreenpatch

The sixteen largest ships emit the same amount of CO2 as all the world’s cars.

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jwhoooday t1_jdg6qqy wrote

The claim was made about "pollution" from these ships. It did not even say what kind, because it would not have been as scary. It was a thought experiment which had some validity, but was questionable to say the least. Specifically it "found" that Sox and Nox pollution would be the same for the 16 ships and all the cars in the world. Not CO/ CO2. It was questionable, to say the least in 2009. Sulphur content of has been reduced significantly since then and it is certainly not the case anymore. Shipping does burn some nasty stuff and is a major polluter, no doubt. But exaggerated claims only serve to point fingers at everybody else. Obviously what we should do is kill all nuclear ambitions and just pipe oil from Russia to avoid having to ship it.

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