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Exactly my thoughts. Also cruise ships are ludicrously bad for environment.

• fit2rule 7y ago
  It is astonishing how bad for the environment cruise ships are. To such an extent that I can't see how any modern citizen would support these enterprises. Some friends of mine go on the JoCo cruise every year, and I lament the fact that they do - otherwise ecologically sensitive people, who do have an awareness of their local ecological footprint, nevertheless insist that the JoCo cruise is 'different' because its a nerd event. This kind of duplicity is very disappointing. Cruise ships run on giant Diesel engines which emit far, far more pollution than is warranted for the 'pleasures' delivered. It is the height of decadence to be floating around dumping shit (literally) into the oceans and pumping pollution into the skies, while sitting around watching TV. This is just so irksome. However, you can't limit peoples choice and the freedom to decide for themselves. Its a pity that the cruise ship industry is so good at hiding the ecological impact behind a good time. This is something ripe for disruption in my opinion .. based on what I've heard of the JoCo cruise, it could be replaced with a bunch of VR headsets at the beach, and still provide the requisite nerdgasms without killing wildlife ..