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minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 years agoUS heavy-duty trucks: 417 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in 2021 Global shipiping (of which about 40% is shipping fossil fuels around, and most of which doesn’t go to or from the US): ~700 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in 2021 So yeah, this is just a bunch of whataboutism and not a meaningful critique.
minus-squareDrCake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoHonestly at this point I’m happy to be attacking it anywhere
minus-squareMelodiousFunk@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years ago“But this isn’t perfect, therefore it is useless!” Bad Faith Arguemnts, ca. antiquity-present
minus-squarebhmnscmm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoWhat are you talking about? Cargo ships, despite being significant poluters, are far more efficient than trucks. It’s necessary to address both sources of pollution, but this is still a big step in the right direction.
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US heavy-duty trucks: 417 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in 2021
Global shipiping (of which about 40% is shipping fossil fuels around, and most of which doesn’t go to or from the US): ~700 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in 2021
So yeah, this is just a bunch of whataboutism and not a meaningful critique.
Honestly at this point I’m happy to be attacking it anywhere
“But this isn’t perfect, therefore it is useless!”
What are you talking about? Cargo ships, despite being significant poluters, are far more efficient than trucks.
It’s necessary to address both sources of pollution, but this is still a big step in the right direction.