Not really, check out their claim on google. Ships are polluting a shitton. They have huge engines that run on the crappiest fuel known to man. It’s so bad, that they have to switch to diesel by law when comming close to the shore / port so as to meet any semblence of environmental law. Something like the top 10 ships pollute more than all cars on Earth combined (exhaust gasses, not tire wear / brake dust).
I did check it … doesn’t seem to check out, not even close.
Here is a pretty neat interactive graphic: wri.org/…/4-charts-explain-greenhouse-gas-emissio…
If you click on the energy -> transportation sector, you’ll see it’s about 80% from road traffic.
RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Is burning bunker fuel in international waters very polluting and should someone try to do something about it? Yes it is and yes they should. And the good news is that they have been working at it: www.imo.org/en/mediacentre/…/sulphur-2020.aspx
But were the more polluting cargo ships from the past more polluting than “a continent”? Probably only if that continent was not Asia, Europe, America or Africa. If they were and I’m wrong, then I would love to see a source. Telling me to “google it” is not a source, I already tried looking for it when I first asked the question and I could find no info about this claim. It seemed like a hyperbole comparison that they made up.
I also tried looking up your claim that 10 ships pollute more than all cars combined, and the first result was an article debunking a similar myth (about 15 ships): oldsaltblog.com/…/no-sixteen-large-ships-do-no-po…
Jamablaya@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You can’t find it because you don’t want to find it, you think it’s some right wing talking point when it’s not.
RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I post literal proof that the shit that you made up, is made up. And your answer is to double down and throw insults around, and even now 2 weeks later you’re still at it. Somehow you’re not very convincing.
Jamablaya@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m not trying to convince you, you’re not here to learn, you’re here to be a lying cocksucker, I’m just here to point that out.