avery_walker30•3mo agoMost Upvoted

I just read that a single large cargo ship can emit as much pollution as 50 million cars

Found that in a report from the International Council on Clean Transportation, and it really made me think about shipping. What's the best way to push for cleaner freight options?

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eric_carr6d agoProlific Poster

elliots49 brings up a good point about it being sulfur, but doesn't that still mean the overall pollution is just massive compared to cars? The real question for me is, are any of these 'cleaner fuels' like LNG actually solving the problem or just swapping one nasty kind of smoke for another? I keep hearing about ammonia and hydrogen for ships but nobody seems to say how we'd actually get that bunkered onto a container ship crossing the ocean. What's the holdup, is it the cost of retrofitting engines or just a lack of supply for those fuels yet?

elliots493mo ago

That stat is about sulfur emissions, not total pollution.

anthony_lane553mo ago

Remember my buddy who works at the port? He says the new electric yard trucks they got are a total game changer, but the big ships are still the real problem.