Especially if these pears are shipped by sea. Then it’s even worse.
Shipping via sea is the cheapest and least greenhouse gas producing way to ship things. With the only exception being pipes, which are significantly better than ships on both fronts. However, we shouldn’t be shipping peaches via pipe. ;p
Shipping via sea is the cheapest and least greenhouse gas producing way to ship things.
AFAIK all ships still run on fuel. Esecially the huge ones.
While a lot of emmissions are “hidden” in the infrastructure, ships still have infrastructure: the ports and terminals weren’t always there like the sea. Less infrastructures than other modes to be sure, but certainly not “free”.
Well there’s a clear thing you need to do now: go figure out the proportion of greenhouse gasses for a given shipped item caused by shipping. Someone has done the research, seems like you ought to find it.
Ah yeah, I failed to consider that, but it’s at least an even longer route by sea. 😅
Longer than what? By plane?
Not not but much…
Than by anything.
By sea is an extremely direct route, and by land isn’t an option, so yeah, the only comparison left is by air. And shipping by air is less efficient in all respects except time.
So saying this route is especially inefficient by sea is just a confusing statement.
We absolutely should so I can put the end of that pipe in my mouth
You have died of dysentery.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
Transoceanic pipe cargo lines could be nice. Vacuuming cargo out, pushing in. Like trains, except with no life support concerns.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Someone is dropping pennies in the vacuum tubes again! Now the whole thing is jammed and we’ve got cargo backed up all the way to Guam!!
And yes Bob, we all know it was you!