On Apr 5, 2007, at 9:01 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote:
> Did you read this when I posted it?
>
> I know, it's a lot to read, but here's a choice bit:
>
>>> The report found that in 2001, heavy-duty diesel trucks,
>>> buses and cars burned more than a billion metric tons of
>>> fuel, and emitted 2.2 million metric tons of sulfur oxide.
>>> The same year, ocean-going vessels burned 280 million tons
>>> of fuel, far less, but emitted 3.4 million metric tons
>>> of sulfur oxide, about 17% of the global total.
>
> So I say: forget about planes (and frankly, SUVs) for now, let's
> work on
> the ships a bit.
It's not either/or; we gotta work on all of it. But planes are a special problem because of the water vapor.
Doug