2tone@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoPioneering wind-powered cargo ship sets sailwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1445arrow-down18
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minus-squarepenguin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·2 years agoIt just comes down to whether or not the fuel saved is worth more than the sail maintenance. Hopefully it is.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·2 years agoPlus there’s that whole destroying the planet thing. Not sure if that’s included as a cost. Bunker fuel on cargo ships is one of the biggest contributors to climate change. The damage they do is immense.
minus-squareilikekeyboards@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 years agoWe should just tax bunker fuel up to a point where it’s a bit cheaper to run sails… Only if we had a planet wide universal accord on it
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoThe shareholders don’t care about the planet tomorrow when not caring today is profitable. That’s how the system works - by design.
It just comes down to whether or not the fuel saved is worth more than the sail maintenance. Hopefully it is.
Plus there’s that whole destroying the planet thing. Not sure if that’s included as a cost.
Bunker fuel on cargo ships is one of the biggest contributors to climate change. The damage they do is immense.
We should just tax bunker fuel up to a point where it’s a bit cheaper to run sails… Only if we had a planet wide universal accord on it
The shareholders don’t care about the planet tomorrow when not caring today is profitable. That’s how the system works - by design.