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The distance the boat has to cover is 11800 kilometers, and the truck covers only 54 kilometers. Taking that average of 12 times more usage from the table of si
by OrderlyTiamat 9mo ago
The distance the boat has to cover is 11800 kilometers, and the truck covers only 54 kilometers. Taking that average of 12 times more usage from the table of sibling comment means the ship is still 20x worse.
- BrenBarn 9mo agoBut what if you apportion the fuel usage over the items transported? Presumably the ship carries far more items than the truck.
- OrderlyTiamat 9mo agoThis is already taken into account: Shagie's table is based on [1], which is per kilogram-kilometer [1] https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/freight-transportation https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/freight-transportation
- eru 9mo agoI suspect they are underestimating how efficient ocean shipping really is.
- OrderlyTiamat 9mo agoDo you have any basis for that which I could refer to in discussion?
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