Oh wow didn’t know that
It’s a fair point about cruise ships pollution being greater than cars there is no calls to ban them in the uk and new diesel cars are cleaner than they used to be
My issue with Range Rover type vehicles was more to do with road safety though
My understanding is that the problem comes from all ships, cruise ships get
some attention simply because they are unnecessary and their journeys are frivolous. During the worst of the Coronavirus pandemic, when all shipping movements were severely curtailed, ship pollution dropped dramatically. The problem is caused by using the cheapest and most polluting fuel, there is at least a partial answer, but nobody wants to pay any extra for the goods they buy, so nothing gets done about it.
I remember that some British ports now require visiting ships to hook up to the port electricity system, which is very expensive, rather than run their own very polluting auxillary engines that provide power in port, but that hasn't gone down well. From memory, full details are available on the
Private Eye website.
Commercial aircraft cause a lot of pollution too, because they cruise at very high altitudes people are only concerned about the level of pollution around airports, but we should all be concerned about other pollution too.
As for cars, we obsess about borh fuel consumption and pollution, but modern engines are extremely efficient.My own pathetic little VW Golf uses very little diesel and the pollution figures (OK, they are suspect VAG figures) are incredibly low.
I remember that a Helimed pilot told me that his little machine does 2 gallons to the mile under Alpha callsign (emergency speed) and nearly 2 miles per gallon coming back. The tiny Spitfire planes averaged 2mpg, and the Lancaster had 4x as many engines. Don't even ask about modern military aircraft.
So, 4 x 4 cars don't seem to the problem that these idiots claim, but I'm guessing that it's easier to let the tyres down on a farmers' car than on a military aircraft. . .
