this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2023
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A little short for a starship, isn't he?

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[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

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

[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I'd wager that just accounting for emissions in the production of said electric vehicle will make it entirely unable to compete with container ships. Boats are crazy efficient.

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good point, I wasn't considering production.

[–] nicene@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

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

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