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Re:China's e-buses dent oil demand more than electric cars do by Simon_says on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @11:14PM (#19438588)
I don't think that could be a full explanation. Perfectly clean burning turns all of the carbon atoms in the fuel into carbon dioxide.

[hydrocarbons] + O2 -> CO2 + H2O

"Dirtier" burning would result in less CO2 emission.

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Re:China's e-buses dent oil demand more than electric cars do by manicdee on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @11:50PM (#19438777)
The problem is that you are assuming that what these ships are burning is [hydrocarbons] when it’s much more than just that. There are various impurities including sulphur, which lead to extremely dirty emissions such as SO2.

The OP is misinformed with regards to the “6 largest ships” claim and the “CO2” claim — as covered elsewhere in comments on this article.

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Re:China's e-buses dent oil demand more than electric cars do by imtringued on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @06:03AM (#19440541)
There are worse things in cigarettes than nicotine. In a similar way there are worse things in bunker fuel than hydrocarbons.
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