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The article says "Emits more pollution than all of Europe's Cars", which is a bit of a garbage claim, because obviously all of the CO2 is coming from the cars.
by npip99 7y ago
The article says "Emits more pollution than all of Europe's Cars", which is a bit of a garbage claim, because obviously all of the CO2 is coming from the cars.
- mikeash 7y agoSadly, it’s not obvious at all. A few years ago, there was an article like this about the 16 most polluting freighters. Ever since then, I have seen the “fact” that ships emit far more CO2 than all cars put together repeated over and over again.
- darkpuma 7y ago> "obviously all of the CO2 is coming from the cars." Wait, how do ships eliminate their CO2 emissions? Re: > "A ship, burning 1 litre of bunker oil produces about as much CO2 as a car burning 1 litre of gasoline" If burning bunker oil produces CO2, as I would expect it does, then obviously all of the CO2 is not coming from cars. I understand making 'broadly true but strictly speaking flat wrong' generalized statements, but to do that in the same breath as criticizing somebody for making "garbage claims" seems... I don't know, worthy of note I guess.
- vkou 7y agoA ship, burning 1 litre of bunker oil produces about as much CO2 as a car burning 1 litre of gasoline, but tens of thousands of times more NO2 and SO2.