Took my first pause to digest moment at this part: “Power plants produce MORE SOx particulate than ships do BUT, their effect is SMALLER because they are FIXED points. While ships blanket the planet in SOx.”
It's easy to not "get" how much ships pollute because it happens "out of sight". Until you look at the graph of shipping routes and realize how completely they cover the entire planet.
Took my first pause to digest moment at this part: “Power plants produce MORE SOx particulate than ships do BUT, their effect is SMALLER because they are FIXED points. While ships blanket the planet in SOx.”
Sigh…
It's easy to not "get" how much ships pollute because it happens "out of sight". Until you look at the graph of shipping routes and realize how completely they cover the entire planet.
Yes, you’re right. That graphic of the shipping routes is wild.