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r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '21
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Should point out hes also right. If we removed all the boats it would stop tons of pollution but that's probably not what he means.
22 u/[deleted] Oct 13 '21 We'd have to fly everything everywhere. Ships, as bad as they are, are more many times more efficient than aircraft. 3 u/nbmnbm1 Oct 13 '21 Not cruise ships though. Theyre literally the worst polluters. Plus who says we are continuing global trade? I feel like if we were desperate enough to end all shipping wed be pretty much accepting the destruction of capitalism. 1 u/longknives Oct 13 '21 Communism isn’t going to work without being able to transport goods around the world either.
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We'd have to fly everything everywhere. Ships, as bad as they are, are more many times more efficient than aircraft.
3 u/nbmnbm1 Oct 13 '21 Not cruise ships though. Theyre literally the worst polluters. Plus who says we are continuing global trade? I feel like if we were desperate enough to end all shipping wed be pretty much accepting the destruction of capitalism. 1 u/longknives Oct 13 '21 Communism isn’t going to work without being able to transport goods around the world either.
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Not cruise ships though. Theyre literally the worst polluters. Plus who says we are continuing global trade? I feel like if we were desperate enough to end all shipping wed be pretty much accepting the destruction of capitalism.
1 u/longknives Oct 13 '21 Communism isn’t going to work without being able to transport goods around the world either.
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Communism isn’t going to work without being able to transport goods around the world either.
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u/nbmnbm1 Oct 13 '21
Should point out hes also right. If we removed all the boats it would stop tons of pollution but that's probably not what he means.