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…
remon@ani.social 1 week ago
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.