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Dont sell yourself short, you pollute way more than you think.
When cruise ships stop, then I'll make changes like this.
Cruise ships make up such a tiny percentage of overall emissions. They're horrible on a individual level, but there just aren't that many of them compared to other sources.
Meat production on the other hand makes up something like 17-18% of ALL global GHG emissions.
I heard cruise ships and freighters are the biggest offenders. Nearly 40-50% of emissions.
You heard wrong.
Throwing freighters in there like that is a bit sneaky lol The amount of freighter traffic must dwarf that of cruise ships. Anyway, people on cruise ships are mostly not particularly rich. They're pretty much just water-borne holiday camps.