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Presumably because cruise ships aren't meant to provide any sort of sustainability, like farming, and requires fuel.
by personjerry 12y ago
Presumably because cruise ships aren't meant to provide any sort of sustainability, like farming, and requires fuel.
- anigbrowl 12y agoSure, but you have to start somewhere. If people can't deal with operating a cruise ship then I question their ability to create brand new floating islands and run them sustainably. Surely one could do some farming on a cruise ship (using a mix of decks and hydroponics) and likewise generate some energy on-board. Obviously not as attractive as running a small nuclear power plant but you probably can't buy a used nuclear aircraft carrier, so you're stuck with diesel in the short term.
- personjerry 12y agoI think with the same costs that go into a cruise ship one might implement a more optimized platform for farming.
- dagw 12y agoIf you're commissioning a new cruise ship perhaps. You can buy a few second hand cruise ships for a fraction of that cost.
- darkmighty 12y agoFarming on those is even more absurd -- take the most land-extensive activity and build an insanely costly small platform to perform it!
- metasean 12y agoWith technologies like Freight Farm [1], solar panels, and Tesla's Power Wall [2], cruise ships could –relatively– easily be reconfigured to be much more sustainable. [1] http://www.freightfarms.com/ http://www.freightfarms.com/ [2] http://teslapowerwall.com/ http://teslapowerwall.com/