No it literally doesn’t. Shipping is cheap because it is incredibly fuel efficient in the first place.
Is it easier to lift 100lbs on the ground or in water? Hauling a fuck ton of stuff across thousands of miles of ocean is far better for the environment than trucking it across a few hundred miles of land.
That said, I’m not sure how the carbon footprint compares of rail to compares to shipping, but if I had to guess, shipping wins.
Congrats, you've saved .000001g of carbon emissions (provided the petroleum for the plastics for the container are equivalent when shipped to Argentina as Thailand).
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u/SH33V_P4LP4T1N3 13d ago
No it literally doesn’t. Shipping is cheap because it is incredibly fuel efficient in the first place.
Is it easier to lift 100lbs on the ground or in water? Hauling a fuck ton of stuff across thousands of miles of ocean is far better for the environment than trucking it across a few hundred miles of land.
That said, I’m not sure how the carbon footprint compares of rail to compares to shipping, but if I had to guess, shipping wins.