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Old 15th Oct 2019, 09:54
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Originally Posted by Lord Farringdon
Well, actually it would. By your own statement it would reduce human made carbon emissions globally by 6%...overnight!!



Shipping contributes some 2.5 % to global carbon emissions. Compared to air travel, that's a drop in the ocean really (see what I did there?). Even so, calls are being made to reduce cruise ship travel. So its not just air travel. .

Within the next ten years I expect carbon shaming to apply to all private aircraft, pleasure boats, snowmobiles, jetskis etc. So it's a cinch that all discretionary internal combustion will be seen as very anti-social, and carbon offsets will be de rigueur.
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