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Re:What You Can Do About Climate Change by daxfohl on Sunday March 26, 2017 @04:00PM (#13962872)
Wasn't there just an article here about how the 15 largest cargo ships pollute as much as all the cars in the world? So I don't think the answer to solve climate change is to buy two tons of product that has been transported on those ships.

I'd love to know what the real answer is, but it seems not much an individual can do about it.

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Re:What You Can Do About Climate Change by dagss on Sunday March 26, 2017 @04:04PM (#13962901)
"Pollution" is unfortunately an overloaded term. The article you are referring was about other kind of emissions than CO2; and so the 15 largest container ships do NOT contribute as much to global warming as all the cars.
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Re:What You Can Do About Climate Change by _rpd on Sunday March 26, 2017 @04:56PM (#13963245)
Sea transport is about 3% of global CO2 emissions, while road transport is about 17%, so it is unlikely that "the 15 largest cargo ships pollute as much as all the cars in the world."
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