JuneSim63 💚Aug 26, 2024

Today's Guardian briefing on #CruiseShips

* European cruise ships alone emitted more sulphurous oxides than 1bn cars in 2022, creating huge pollution in cities where they dock.

* Cruise ship CO2 emissions in Europe rose by 17% between 2017 & 2022, reaching the equivalent of 50,000 flights between Paris & New York.

* A single ship can emit as much diesel exhaust as 34,400 idling lorries to power operations while docked.

#Pollution #Environment #ClimateEmergency

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/26/tuesday-briefing-first-edition-cruisezillas

Monday briefing: What can be done to offset the environmental cost of cruise ships?

In today’s newsletter: As cruise ships get bigger and more popular, a shipping expert on how to reduce their impact and abolish the greenwashing associated with them

The Guardian
Show threadN3r0Aug 26, 2024

@junesim63 cruise ships are not cars or trucks. Cruise ships are hotels. Of course the emit much more.
You have to compared them with Hotel + travelling.
Second, the sulfur Emission is more or less solved in europe.

Disclaimer: never did a cruise and never wont.

Show threadJamie Knight
@N3r0 @junesim63 cruise ships are ships, and emit massive amounts of pollution. There’s really no other comparison to be made here.
Aug 26, 2024 at 11:24amWeb
Show threadN3r0Aug 26, 2024
@knightlie @junesim63 no good Argument.
So we should fly goods around instead of using ships?
Show threadJamie KnightAug 26, 2024
@N3r0 @junesim63 We’re talking about cruise ships.