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Use it for luxury goods! "Why _my_ iphone arrived in Baltimore on a clean cargo ship, so yeah, ..." I am only half joking. Anything luxury of vanity related, j
by rdtsc 1y ago
Use it for luxury goods! "Why _my_ iphone arrived in Baltimore on a clean cargo ship, so yeah, ..."
I am only half joking. Anything luxury of vanity related, just add the fact they've gotten to the consumer on a clean ship and you'll find some people to pay extra for it. The more expensive the better. They can brag about it to each other.
- NewJazz 1y agoConspicuous nonconsumption of fossil fuels... Hmmmm. I doubt Apple is lunging to do this tbh.
- urig 1y agoBottom line: impressive optics, zero impact for this technology on global warming, it's a distraction.
- lukan 1y agoOr an experiment? Maybe eventually finding its niche, even if it doesn't solve climate change, but why would the impact be zero? If it does not use oil, then this is CO2 not released.
- theultdev 1y agoWell it does use oil. > The 136-metre-long vessel had to rely partly on its auxiliary motor and its remaining sail after the aft sail was damaged in a storm shortly after departure. Used the motor "shortly after departure".
- lukan 1y agoYes. Experiments have a tendency to show where problems are.
- theultdev 11mo agoSails are not a new experiment. Hundreds of years of progress and known limitations. They failed immediately because of a storm.
- snowstorm82 1y agoLast summer we motored ~10% of the miles.That includes full day leg when there was practically no wind and few hours occasionally with combined powering. Working towards less or fractional oil based power can have significant benefits.
- Gud 1y agoYou always start small.
- CWuestefeld 11mo agoI expect that it's much worse than zero impact. Don't forget that they've got to build and maintain the ship, feed the crew, and so forth. It seems likely that what they're not using in the actual propulsion of the ship, they're expending anyway - and then some - because they've lost the economies of scale of giant cargo ships.
- prmoustache 11mo agoMy observation is that prople interested in luxury stuff are usually those that have the least interest on their carbon footprint. It's rather more interesting to them if luxury stuff is made out of the rarest and most undangered species possible. Also diamonds mined by kids are more popular and expensive than fabricated ones.
- rdtsc 11mo ago> My observation is that prople interested in luxury stuff are usually those that have the least interest on their carbon footprint. That's probably right. I guess I was thinking of the smaller segment who are more publicly visible and want to at least look virtuous while still bragging to their peers.
- rmah 11mo agoluxury goods are shipped by air
- rdtsc 11mo agoBut that's burning fuel and pollutes the air! It's not good if they want to show off how conscious they are about the climate, and also how much they are willing to spend just for that.
- euroclear 11mo agoI can recall an 'artisinal' chocolate brand in Brooklyn doing this about fifteen years ago, taking cocoa from the Dominican Republic to Brooklyn via sailboat. https://ediblebrooklyn.com/2011/the-mast-brothers-live-up-to-their-name/ https://ediblebrooklyn.com/2011/the-mast-brothers-live-up-to...
- rdtsc 11mo agoAha! That's exactly the idea.