Worse Than 50 Million Cars

For politicians and lobby groups, the car have always been a good instrument to wave around in times when focus needs to be shifted from one thing or another. Usually the factual debate of a car’s capabilities take a backseat to passionate arguments wanting more and heavier regulations on pollution. How come then that there are no such regulations on sea faring vessels like cargo ships, or even coal burning powerplants? Considering that 1 giant cargo ship can emit the same amount of cancer and asthma causing chemicals as 50 million cars, but when did you last hear that in a debate?

The current and upcoming pollution limits for cars is a good thing. It drives innovation forward and makes for clever engineering in ways never  thought possible had not limitations been set to provoke an evolution in efficiency. Thus I find it rather peculiar that no proper ragulations have been set to restrict emmissions on the shipping industry, and why not put filters on coal burning power plants while we’re at it. Let’s start lobbying for a halt on restrictions on the car industry and more on all the other filthy things out there. Just think about the engines that could then be available again instead of BMW having to turbo charge their new X5M and X6M, and Audi going from a 4.2 litre V8 in its S4 to a 3 litre supercharged V6 in the new one.

Give me less coal and dirty cargoships, and more nuclear power and big powerful engines. That’s the only way we’re going to run out of oil fast enough to push the evolution of new alternative fuels forward.

Tags: Cargo ship, Cars, emmission restrictions, nuclear power

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