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Aren't some containers refrigerated for meats and other perishables? I would think if that were the case any increase in journey time might be offset by the inc
by uncoder0 7y ago
Aren't some containers refrigerated for meats and other perishables? I would think if that were the case any increase in journey time might be offset by the increased fuel required to cool anything that needed to be climate controlled. As it stands the electricity to cool a container ship is mostly free due to the giant motor you're already running to turn the prop.
- i_am_proteus 7y agoReefer is not free, all loads on the motor burn fuel.
- misterprime 7y agoI think the parent to your reply understood that. Restated: If there is a slower transport method that emits less carbon, wouldn't that carbon emission reduction be overtaken by the increased load required to run temperature controlled containers?
- uncoder0 7y agoThanks for rephrasing. I wasn't fully awake when I commented.
- Scoundreller 7y agoWe could vastly decrease the refrigeration required before spoilage if we embraced food irradiation. But we choose not to.