Comment on Meet the latest way the superrich prove they're really, totally worried about the environment: $10 million electric superyachts

• qooqie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Are you thinking he’s joking because electricity + water = zap zap? Because I’ve got some bad news for you about what boats have been carrying around for a very long time

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  • morsebipbip@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No ! it’s because $10 million yachts for billionnaires are of course not good for the environment ! It’s greenwashing ! “well yeah i’m a billionnaire and i run an ecocidal megacorporation but look : my luxury superyacht is electric !” i’m baffled that people could ever think this is a good way to mitigate the climate crisis

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    • morsebipbip@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      TL;DR electric $10M yachts aren’t good for the environment ; not building any yacht at all is the best answer

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      • wtfeweguys@lemmy.whynotdrs.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The best answer between an unachievable ideal and a reasonable compromise is always a reasonable compromise.

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  • luthis@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No I think the issue is that electric boats will never do as much mileage as a car to offset the carbon in their production. And also that its still doing the exact same thing that is the problem: having massive industrial production for excess. Its entirely about image and pretending to care

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    • jmp242@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Well, I’m not sure I totally agree with this. Pretending to care is painting a diesel yacht green and saying it’s now … green. This is caring enough to change propulsion technologies. You might say it’s excess, but that’s a matter of opinion and perspective IMO. There are a lot of people who would argue with you that instead of electric cars we should just get rid of cars. Because to do otherwise is just showing off your excess. That more obviously doesn’t fly because most people have way more familiarity with cars and see why they would want them compared to yachts. Where does this “we should just not produce this leisure thing” vs “we should improve the way we make and use this leisure thing to be better environmentally” end?

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      • luthis@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Well my first sentence explains that. Boats will never do enough mileage to offset the carbon in their production. Cars are utilities, we use them as tools. Most of us don’t own cars for fun, they are a necessity. Superyachts are luxury toys. Why not convert existing yachts to electric? That would still be a better oprion that building new ones.

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    • spaduf@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      For at least some people there’s probably also an aspect of regulatory future proofing.

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• luthis@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not sure why the downvotes, it’s clear as pigshit to me too.

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