@quixoticgeek What are all those containers actually for though?
@rooftopjaxx well in its current location, the containers being taken off the ship are going into the UK market. As for the containers going onto the ship, at a guess, heading for the Chinese market. IIRC the MSC China basically goes back and forth from China to Europe.
@quixoticgeek "back and forth" seems to be doing so much work in that, will no-one think of all the red diesel?
@rooftopjaxx in the grand scheme of things. It's a tiny amount. Container shipping on this scale is incredibly efficient. Shipping is 1.8% of global emissions. And half of that is moving fossil fuels about, so that's gonna half pretty soon anyway.
@rooftopjaxx 1.8%. or approximately 2. There's no disagreement.
@rooftopjaxx I'm using the data from "our world in data" as it's consistent.
@quixoticgeek Ta. Found this from 2016
https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector
@rooftopjaxx that says 1.7%. but yes that's the page I use. Note how it's less than aviation.
@quixoticgeek anyway, where was your big container ship, Felixstowe?
@rooftopjaxx yeah moored up alongside at Felixstowe.
@quixoticgeek Used to do that ferry journey a lot when living in A*dam back in the '80s
@rooftopjaxx it's not too bad. As long as things aren't too lumpy...
@quixoticgeek other sources saying between 1.8% and 3%, but must stress again, very superficial searches.