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Years ago, Key West built enough extra sewage treatment capacity to process sewage from the many cruise ships which visit the city. There was a plan to require
by consumer451 2y ago
Years ago, Key West built enough extra sewage treatment capacity to process sewage from the many cruise ships which visit the city. There was a plan to require all ships to discharge and pay for treatment so that sewage was not dumped 12 miles off-shore, which is only 3 miles past the reef. Captains get a bonus for fuel savings, so they tend to dump as soon as it is legal.
The cruise industry threatened to remove Key West from their list of stops, wrote some checks to the various non-profits, and the status quo was preserved.
The cruise ship industry is an ecological disaster, by choice.
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- raldi 2y agoWhat do you think happens to land-based sewage?
- rcpt 2y agoIt's treated in huge facilities. We don't just flush it raw into the water
- raldi 2y agoNor do cruise ships.
- consumer451 2y agoI just looked it up, and it does appear that cruise ships now treat their black water instead of just macerating it like they used to. I would love to know: is that all cruise ships, in all areas?
- saagarjha 2y agoSure they do. Not every cruise ship does wastewater treatment.
- ptsneves 2y agoAhahah the waters of the third world cities like London and Paris invite you for a bath.
- consumer451 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewage_treatment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewage_treatment
- DrNosferatu 2y agoBig economic blocks like the EU and the US should force the cruise ships to operate sustainably and not pollute the literal sh*t out of the port cities they stop at.
- Diesel555 2y ago"We should properly tax/negate negative externalities" in accordance with microeconomics. It's at the core of basic economics and both conservative and liberal economists would agree with this statement. It's a well studied field. The problem is policy. I often post this, but I really wish microeconomics was a required course in high school or primary. I find it to be one of the least understood of the well-established fields, and one that matters when we get older and vote or debate on these topics.
- DrNosferatu 2y agoAnd the consequence of that would be? Please elaborate.
- Neil44 2y agoFish and birds poop in the water, all day. It's just fertilizer.
- SoftTalker 2y agoAnd animals poop in your yard. Do you? It's just fertilizer.