Post by account_disabled on Jan 23, 2024 10:21:01 GMT
A giant ship can emit as much pollution into the atmosphere as a coal-fired power plant. They pollute more than all of Germany. They burn bunker fuel (from the name of the place where the coal from the old ships was stored). It is the cheapest, but also the dirtiest. It is so thick that it is possible to walk on it when it is at room temperature. Burning bunker fuel releases gases and soot into the atmosphere, including carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds, sulfur dioxide, black carbon, and particles of organic matter. And yet, transporting a container by sea is more ecological than doing it by plane or truck; Boats produce 11 grams of CO 2 per ton and mile (1.60 kim), a tenth of what is produced by trucks. The International Maritime Organization considers maritime transport "relatively small producers of emissions into the atmosphere."
Now – as the aforementioned Rose George highlights in her book – this is what it would be like if the industry were not so huge. It cannot be benign in any way because it is too Phone Number Database much. It emits one trillion tons of carbon dioxide per year, about 4 percent of greenhouse gases and more than all air and road transport combined. In 2009 it was estimated that the fifteen largest ships could emit as much as 760 million cars. And the circulation of these ships has only grown since then. With regard to aquatic pollution, there are certainly rules that regulate discharges of, for example, wastewater, only allowed beyond twelve miles, which is not bad when it comes to vessels with few personnel; But these same rules apply to cruise ships that can carry six thousand people. All its waste in the form of wastewater ends up in the sea, contributing to the nitrification of the oceans.
The result is the incessant increase in the already high number of dead zones, which appear as a consequence of the excessive nutrients present in wastewater and agricultural runoff (remember the massive death of fish in the Mar Menor not long ago). ) have vampirized the oxygen in the water, creating anoxic zones where fish and other life forms can no longer inhabit. In her book Rose George gives us the information that in 2003 there were 146 dead zones; 400 in 2008. In the same Science magazine from which she took those numbers, a study was published in 2018 showing that the size of dead zones in open ocean waters has quadrupled since the mid-20th century, while areas with very little oxygen near the coasts have increased tenfold. In a quick search on the internet I came across the figure of 550 dead zones recorded in 2018. I pollute, you pollute.
Now – as the aforementioned Rose George highlights in her book – this is what it would be like if the industry were not so huge. It cannot be benign in any way because it is too Phone Number Database much. It emits one trillion tons of carbon dioxide per year, about 4 percent of greenhouse gases and more than all air and road transport combined. In 2009 it was estimated that the fifteen largest ships could emit as much as 760 million cars. And the circulation of these ships has only grown since then. With regard to aquatic pollution, there are certainly rules that regulate discharges of, for example, wastewater, only allowed beyond twelve miles, which is not bad when it comes to vessels with few personnel; But these same rules apply to cruise ships that can carry six thousand people. All its waste in the form of wastewater ends up in the sea, contributing to the nitrification of the oceans.
The result is the incessant increase in the already high number of dead zones, which appear as a consequence of the excessive nutrients present in wastewater and agricultural runoff (remember the massive death of fish in the Mar Menor not long ago). ) have vampirized the oxygen in the water, creating anoxic zones where fish and other life forms can no longer inhabit. In her book Rose George gives us the information that in 2003 there were 146 dead zones; 400 in 2008. In the same Science magazine from which she took those numbers, a study was published in 2018 showing that the size of dead zones in open ocean waters has quadrupled since the mid-20th century, while areas with very little oxygen near the coasts have increased tenfold. In a quick search on the internet I came across the figure of 550 dead zones recorded in 2018. I pollute, you pollute.