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Bunker fuel is usually awful too, and this stuff has less sulfur at least.
by sp332 6y ago
Bunker fuel is usually awful too, and this stuff has less sulfur at least.
- melling 6y agoi thought new restrictions on sulfur largely reduced emissions in shipping. https://e360.yale.edu/features/at-last-the-shipping-industry-begins-cleaning-up-its-dirty-fuels https://e360.yale.edu/features/at-last-the-shipping-industry...
- controversia 6y agoIt does. An interesting side effect is that it could cause more CO2 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi_1K2hnfnrAhXQxFkKHeciAKoQFjAAegQIBhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdpi.com%2F2071-1050%2F12%2F1%2F165%2Fpdf&usg=AOvVaw29ZXCjynMAq7WgG8EaVOnT https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c.... Also sulfur has a love hate relationship with global warming. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-12-22/new-shipping-fuel-rules-are-good-for-health-bad-for-climate https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-12-22/new-sh...
- sp332 6y agoI hadn't realize the new restrictions were that low.
- gibolt 6y agoFor anyone unaware, bunker fuel is an absolutely nasty mixture. Ships are able to do anything they want once in international waters, which means it just gets dumped on the regular only to then follow environmental rules when at a destination.