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Re:Portland Airport Grows with Expansive Mass Timber Roof Ca... by gosub100 on Friday December 06, 2024 @08:08AM (#42339455)
the same people telling me to save on my carbon emission are the ones who are ok with free trade to have stuff made thousands of miles away (in jurisdictions with very lax environmental laws) that could be made right here and employ blue-collar workers. Those container ships arrive full and leave empty. What's the CO2eq of that?
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Re:Portland Airport Grows with Expansive Mass Timber Roof Ca... by burkaman on Friday December 06, 2024 @11:18AM (#42341131)
Those are not the same people.
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Re:Portland Airport Grows with Expansive Mass Timber Roof Ca... by ericmcer on Friday December 06, 2024 @12:18PM (#42341785)
It is the same people unfortunately. People who want to reduce the global carbon footprint should be rejoicing about tariffs and returning manufacturing to America. The two party system forces people to hold conflicting values though. Both sides have belief systems that are full of inconsistencies.
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Re:Portland Airport Grows with Expansive Mass Timber Roof Ca... by ianburrell on Friday December 06, 2024 @01:46PM (#42342829)
Cargo ships are the most efficient form of transport. They use scale of big ships carrying lots of cargo.

It takes about the same amount of CO2 to carry container across the Pacific as to truck it across the country. Producing it here or there doesn't make much difference. If anything, it is more efficient to produce in China cause they have higher percent of renewable electricity.

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