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> no explicit mention of shipping here, which is almost certainly a huge part of things It's not. We ship food from half way around the world and still make a
by Jyaif 4y ago
> no explicit mention of shipping here, which is almost certainly a huge part of things
It's not. We ship food from half way around the world and still make a profit, so the shipping cost are very low.
And very low cost implies low carbon emissions.
- alphabetting 4y agoNot sure about that. I read one mega container ship produces produces the same amount of pollution as 50 million cars and emissions from 15 match those from all the cars in the world
- sct202 4y agoThat figure is specifically for sulfur emissions which could be reduced very quickly by using low sulfur fuel.
- ianburrell 4y agoThat's pollution in general, not carbon dioxide. Ships used to use extremely dirty bunker oil which produced a lot of sulfur dioxide. But there were new limits introduced in 2020 on sulfur in fuel oil that should drop the pollution.
- macintux 4y ago> And very low cost implies low carbon emissions. Given how terrible we are at incorporating externalities into costs, I'm very skeptical.