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?
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.