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You can take a ship. An inconvenience but not impossible.
by xwdv 3y ago
You can take a ship. An inconvenience but not impossible.
- bobthepanda 3y agoShips have worse carbon emissions per passenger mile. https://amp.theguardian.com/travel/2006/dec/ https://amp.theguardian.com/travel/2006/dec/ Partially this is because a ship needs to be outfitted as a hotel due to how long the journey is compared to planes.
- xwdv 3y agoDidn’t say it was better, just posed it as the alternative.
- bobthepanda 3y agoI mean the context is that this is a proposal to cap carbon emissions, and it's pretty much cutting off the nose to spite the face.
- xwdv 3y agoNo, this is a proposal to make people feel good. Most transportation emissions are from cars, not planes. It is fairly pointless to limit air travel if you actually want to achieve something. It doesn’t matter if you do something worse, like travel by boat. As long as people see less planes in the sky, they’re happy. And their happiness is all that matters for those who want to maintain the status quo.