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Originally Posted by stevie667
Nucular, it's pronounced Nucular.
Thats about the only way we'll get around this. It's all very well say 'omg, teh ships are teh evilz!', but how else do you propose we get all these goods around the world? Air? That'll be even worse.
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I don't see a single person suggesting air.
I think, if anything, the OP is simply attempting to inform us of what many do not know.
I am with Lucifer on this one. It is a an economy of scale. Yes, the ships are making a lot of pollution but given the amounts of goods they carry vs. the amounts that trucks and trains can carry, they are actually polluting less.
Comparing ships to cars is disingenuous. It's not as though people are taking ships to the corner store for a pack of smokes.
What needs to be done is that governments and industry need to invest now in clean power generation. Perhaps it is nuclear. Perhaps it is hydrogen. Perhaps it is using nuclear to create hydrogen. Maybe its something that will be invented by a kid in kindergarten today.
The point is, we need to invest in this today.