A little short for a starship, isn't he?
this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2023
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Per kilogram-meter of cargo transported, container ships actually have some of the lowest emissions of any form of transportation!*
Other than electric vehicles that were charged by zero-emission sources of electricity
What kind of emissions are we producing to build the ships?
Most of its steel and other metals, so assuming that theyre using electrically pwered smelters most of the emmissions would be in transport and mining equiptment. So probably somewhat comparable, depends on how much rail was used or if it was transportes exclusively via semi.
Im aware, I was giving a best possible circumstances type situation. Still the steel for both is probably sourced from the same factory.
How long are the cargo ships gonna be in service compared to that smartphone of an electric car?
Good point, I wasn't considering production.
But don't worry. The cargo ship sprang into being from nothingness and there were utterly no environmental impacts related to drilling, refining, and transportation of the fuel used to power the ship. So clearly EVs are so much worse for the environment /s