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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by alex_young on Thursday July 30, 2020 @12:21AM (#23994650)
Cargo ships account for 3% of global CO2 emissions: https://phys.org/news/2018-12-cargo-ships-emitting-boatloads...
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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by desert_boi on Thursday July 30, 2020 @12:43AM (#23994760)
Cargo ships also burn fuel with depressingly low pollution standards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_oil#Bunker_fuel
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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by sacred_numbers on Thursday July 30, 2020 @01:02AM (#23994853)
The pollution problems with bunker fuel are primarily local and short-lived, however, whereas CO2 emissions spread through the entire atmosphere and stay there for a very long time.
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