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40% of global ship traffic is simply moving fossil fuels around! Renewables make much of this traffic obsolete (media.piefed.zip)

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40% of global ship traffic is simply moving fossil fuels around! Renewables make much of this traffic obsolete

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

Are you just restating the numbers from the Technology Connections video? Or have you verified any of this research yourself?

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[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago*

I do watch Alec, but this came from my own - informal - work.

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