Meanwhile out in the oceans:
"Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest luxury cruise operator, emitted nearly 10 times more sulphur oxide (SOX) around European coasts than did all 260 million European cars in 2017, a
new analysis by sustainable transport group Transport & Environment reveals"
https://www.transportenvironment.org/press/luxury-cruise-giant-emits-10-times-more-air-pollution-sox-all-europe’s-cars-–-study
But hey EPA, keep going after those crazy high flow downpipe sellers!
I was only planning on going stage 2 next year. Guess I will remain stock DP till I trade in the car some time later.
Yes the worlds maritime industry accounts for around %15 of the worlds pollution.
The low sulfur mandate from the International Maritime Organization took effect globally this year, which was an enormous reduction on emissions from ships and required carriers to invest billions to meet the standards.
My career has been in the maritime industry, I have seen a lot of positive change in the 20 short years I have been involved. In the early 2000’s it started with a tier system. All new boats and some older boats had to be modified to tier 1, now we are tier 3. I can physically see less black stacking with the newer designs, some of our boats are using Def injection.
I’m a fan, it’s cleaner, we get much better GPH numbers, but it is expensive to install and maintain. In the 50’s there was a larger percentage of vessels using diesel electric, I think this would be the way to go now really. Engines can run much more efficiently when only running at very specific rpms, it’s much quieter as well.
The huge number of giant container ships are the biggest polluters, from what I heard.
Again you are correct. Changes like ships having to run diesel while X number of miles close to shore and transversing inland waterways, LNG is becoming more mainstream, and better management of the burn cycle and some attempts at using scrubbers in the exhaust cycle.
This is slow going, one major obstacle is ship owners registering ships in third world countries to skirt taxes. These countries do not implement the same environmental initiatives as their modern equivalents. It will have to come down to ships not being able to trade in ports if they do not adhere to local environmental standards.
That’s a catch 22 as the task of breaking ships down is an environmental disaster in itself.
Change is taking place, it is a slow process and will require policy from all countries to raise the floor.
One thing I find funny is the comparison of the maritime industry (discounting the cruise industry) that literally is the back bone of all human trade on the planet to a part for a car so you can pull on Mustangs. I mean I am guilty as all of you, shit I’m glad I’ve gotten my ride past all of this before restrictions etc hit.
Just be well informed of the billions and billions of dollars already spent cleaning up a very dirty industry. A huge percentage of everything you use on a daily bases was once on a ship.
Something else that cracks me up. I was driving my F150 to work which cost me about $120 one way. I now drive my GTI which cost me about $50-60. I get to work and can sometimes burn 4000 gal a day in fuel, in my defense I am very mindful of burn rate and run efficiently as possible.