Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 4 days agoLuxury cruise passengers stranded in Cambodia due to soaring fuel costswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down10
arrow-up1224arrow-down1external-linkLuxury cruise passengers stranded in Cambodia due to soaring fuel costswww.bbc.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squarea4ng3l@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoIIRC the fuel burned by those things is like the bottom of the barrel and is significantly worse for particles and stuff compared to more refined fuel used for car or trains for example
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoand they just blow the exhaust into the water. Many cruise lines have been caught dumping trash in the ocean illegally, or filling up landfills in small coastal towns. https://alaskapublic.org/xx-statewide-news/2020-02-26/cruise-ships-dumped-more-than-3-million-pounds-of-trash-in-juneau-last-year
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoOh that’s pretty fucked
IIRC the fuel burned by those things is like the bottom of the barrel and is significantly worse for particles and stuff compared to more refined fuel used for car or trains for example
and they just blow the exhaust into the water.
Many cruise lines have been caught dumping trash in the ocean illegally, or filling up landfills in small coastal towns.
https://alaskapublic.org/xx-statewide-news/2020-02-26/cruise-ships-dumped-more-than-3-million-pounds-of-trash-in-juneau-last-year
Holly Molly that’s even worse
Oh that’s pretty fucked