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		542458 on Aug 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for human... Is that true? I’m seeing that cruise ships emit a lot of particulates (namely sulphur dioxide), but the actual co2-equivalent numbers I’m seeing are 0.8t/passenger for cruise ships - which is bad, but not quite as bad as described in your post. https://www.tourismdashboard.org/explore-the-data/cruise-shi...

dade_ on Aug 9, 2021 [–]

It's the cargo ships. They usually use dirty fuel and there are so many of them. Cruise ships are a problem, but there aren't nearly as many.

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