Re:Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, but Ke...
by viceroyalbean on Monday April 20, 2020 @11:11AM
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>The marginal damage done by existing plus going on cruise vs. just existing is infinitesimal.
Depends on your definition of "just existing". I can't claim to live in a way that's very good for the environment, but I do try to limit meat consumption, purchases of new goods etc. Most online calculators for carbon footprints give me a ~8 ton yearly Co2 equivalent. According to [1] a cruise from Southhampton to New York (one way) is ~4.5 tons per person, so that would be a whopping 50% increase for me, and more than double if I did a return trip. That's just the Co2 emissions too, so not factoring in the various ocean-polluting effects (also mentioned in [1]).
Depends on your definition of "just existing". I can't claim to live in a way that's very good for the environment, but I do try to limit meat consumption, purchases of new goods etc. Most online calculators for carbon footprints give me a ~8 ton yearly Co2 equivalent. According to [1] a cruise from Southhampton to New York (one way) is ~4.5 tons per person, so that would be a whopping 50% increase for me, and more than double if I did a return trip. That's just the Co2 emissions too, so not factoring in the various ocean-polluting effects (also mentioned in [1]).
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2006/dec/20/cruises.green