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Wouldn't that be the people who buy products shipped from overseas and those who buy buildings made with concrete instead of wood and brick? That's the problem
by rsj_hn 5y ago
Wouldn't that be the people who buy products shipped from overseas and those who buy buildings made with concrete instead of wood and brick?
That's the problem with an economy in which there is a circular flow of commodities.
- dehrmann 5y ago> people who buy products shipped from overseas Container shipping is pretty efficient. I found this quote: > A big ship will emit about 0.4 ounces of carbon dioxide to transport 2 tons of cargo 1 mile. That’s roughly half as much as a train, one-fifth as much as a truck and nearly a fiftieth of what an airplane would emit to accomplish the same task. For CO2 emissions, container shipping from Shenzhen to Long Beach by ship is about the same as Bloomington, IL to Long Beach by truck.
- rsj_hn 5y agoGood point! Just because there is a concentration of some activity in one part of the flow of commodities doesn't mean that the activity is inefficient.