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There are few means of travel worse for the environment than a cruise ship. As these mega-ships grow in size as quickly as the industry itself, is there any way to reel in their climate impact? European cruise ships alone emitted more sulphurous oxides than 1bn cars in 2022, creating huge pollution in the cities where they dock. To get serious about addressing emissions from cruise ships, governments must enforce the greater use of genuine clean fuels and connection to shore-side electricity when docked. Read the article from The Guardian ➡️

Monday briefing: What can be done to offset the environmental cost of cruise ships?

Monday briefing: What can be done to offset the environmental cost of cruise ships?

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Jiri Räsänen

Energy Transition Specialist, eMobility Systems Consultant, Whole systems thinker, Latausneuvos, Herastuomari

2mo

The sulphur emitted by ships was the last stray to prevent runaway climate change. Now that the sulphur is gone, sea temperatures have risen dramatically.

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Jiri Räsänen

Energy Transition Specialist, eMobility Systems Consultant, Whole systems thinker, Latausneuvos, Herastuomari

2mo

Cruise ships are relatively easy to convert to battery electric hybrid, since they mostly travel only 6-72h and stay in ports for hours so plenty of time for containerised battery swapping. Cargo ships are way harder to decarbonise.

Erdem Cerit

Senior Systems and Mechatronics Design Engineer

2mo

''What can be done to offset the environmental cost of cruise ships?'' Do not use them! Besides environmental impact, most of those ships are floating slave camps

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