How 16 ships create as much pollution as all the cars in the world

Re:How 16 ships create as much pollution as all the cars in ... by ceequof on Thursday May 07, 2015 @11:32AM (#9505780)

What an odd argument, at complete right angles to what I was talking about.

"Traumatic brain injuries are not the only kind of injuries. If it weren't for the fact that they result in death, they wouldn't really even be important."

If you feel I was minimizing the importance of sulfur pollution in comparison to carbon pollution, that is because I was. Carbon pollution is, in fact, more important.

Behold, data: http://i.imgur.com/t75zXYw.png

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Re:How 16 ships create as much pollution as all the cars in ... by sp332 on Thursday May 07, 2015 @11:36AM (#9505812)

That picture only talks about effects on global warming. I'm talking about public health. As aylons's links show, hundreds of thousands of people die every year from particulates and gases other than CO2.

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Re:How 16 ships create as much pollution as all the cars in ... by mikeash on Thursday May 07, 2015 @12:07PM (#9506069)

Don't those particulates and gases typically have a more local effect, thus being largely irrelevant when emitted out in the middle of the ocean?

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