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Dismissing things based purely on their source makes you pretty much as bad as they are. If there's real evidence that proves this story is false, it'd be cool

• tome 17y ago
  No it doesn't. People who read Hacker News (and people in general) simply don't have the time to perform an in depth verification of the truth of any story they might read here, so it makes sense to link only to reputable sources. The Mail is not one of them; people who are not from the UK might not realise this.
  • bumblebird 17y ago
    As noted elsewhere in the thread, find the same story from other sources if you prefer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/09/shipping-pollution http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/09/shipping-p... "The calculations of ship and car pollution are based on the world's largest 85,790KW ships' diesel engines which operate about 280 days a year generating roughly 5,200 tonnes of SOx a year, compared with diesel and petrol cars which drive 15,000km a year and emit approximately 101gm of SO2/SoX a year."