378 A single cargo ship emits the same pollution as 50 million cars. Where's the electric cargo ships? Better yet, when do we stop importing Chinese SHIT products? You know, to save the planet? (newatlas.com) 💊 RED PILL 💊 posted 1 year ago by Oh_Well_ian 1 year ago by Oh_Well_ian +379 / -1 Big polluters: One massive container ship equals 50 million cars The Guardian has reported on new research showing that in one year, a single large container ship can emit cancer and asthma-causing pollutants equivalent to that of 50 million cars. The low grade bunker fuel used by the worlds 90,000 cargo ships contains ... 89 comments share 89 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Dunking on the left aside, wind power is returning to cargo shipping, and wide adoption would reduce energy usage in ocean shipping by something like 30% (or much higher if shipping much slower is acceptable, which generally it wouldn't be).