The 218 cruise ships operating in European waters in 2023 emitted the sulphur oxide (SOx) equivalent of a billion cars.

  • foopac
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    1 day ago

    The business of themed cruises is booming it seems. Metal cruise, gaming cruise, whatever cruise. Enough people are willing to support that kind of decadent nonsense.

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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      23 hours ago

      Governments could slap a hefty emission tax on those engines. The cruising companies will soon realize, that if they want to stay afloat, they need to switch to sails, kites, or something like that. Just don’t expect USA to do that sort of ting any time soon.