10 MUSD boats made from graphite epoxy composite and quite a few tons of lithium batteries. And the support infrastructure. And the sum of activities on the cruise. Plus other stuff people who buy such trinkets engage in.
There are peer reviewed publications quantifying that, with some surprising numbers in them. The golden billion has an outsized footprint, but the elites have a hockey stick stick shaped contribution distribution there.
DrManhattan@lemmy.design 11 months ago
Sir, we’re talking about boats.
eleitl@lemmy.world 11 months ago
10 MUSD boats made from graphite epoxy composite and quite a few tons of lithium batteries. And the support infrastructure. And the sum of activities on the cruise. Plus other stuff people who buy such trinkets engage in.
There are peer reviewed publications quantifying that, with some surprising numbers in them. The golden billion has an outsized footprint, but the elites have a hockey stick stick shaped contribution distribution there.
DrManhattan@lemmy.design 11 months ago
Cool story, bro. You hate boats and the people that enjoy then. We get it.
Marsupial@quokk.au 11 months ago
Those notoriously polluting things in the water?