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Nobody is going to spend a week on a utilitarian ship to get from the US to Europe instead of flying.
by imgabe 7y ago
Nobody is going to spend a week on a utilitarian ship to get from the US to Europe instead of flying.
- johnchristopher 7y agoActually, some people do. It's really cheap and you can move your own cargo that way. My cousin did that when she moved from Europe to Canada. edit: Of course only a handful of people do that. As a woman, she told me she wouldn't do it again alone. edit 2: had to ask her again but I believe her trip was two or three weeks long.
- ekianjo 7y agoSome people = nobody in the grand scheme of things. This wont move the needle.
- johnchristopher 7y agoActually, it turns out there are more people than I previously thought: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/news/french-freighter-company-passenger-fares-new-york/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/news/french-freig... and https://www.cargoshipvoyages.com/ https://www.cargoshipvoyages.com/ and https://www.wired.com/story/the-ultimate-carbon-saving-tip-travel-by-cargo-ship/ https://www.wired.com/story/the-ultimate-carbon-saving-tip-t... edit: wait a minute > Some people = nobody in the grand scheme of things. This wont move the needle. So big what ? This is HN, here, you can expand your horizons and learned about stuff that very few people do. That's one of the fucking point of the site.
- imgabe 7y agoThe discussion at hand is whether this would have any significant impact on carbon emissions. Yes, it's interesting that few people choose to travel by ship, but that's not what we're talking about.
- steelframe 7y agoI've been reading the book Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, and I think I would opt for a ship (with at least some entertainment features) rather than a plane if it meant I could enjoy a long vacation in Europe without suffering from jet lag in the first week of being there.