tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post1745717987222227689..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Links 20 August 2021Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-79351387571239857342021-08-20T15:16:08.773-04:002021-08-20T15:16:08.773-04:00Consider hydrogen-powered boats, which some expert...Consider hydrogen-powered boats, which some experts say are the only feasible way to decarbonize shipping, now being tested out as luxury yachts.<br /><br />I suppose it depends on what kind of "feasible" is meant.<br /><br />We have working, technically feasible solutions that only are unlikely to get implemented for reasons of cultural and societal resistance. For example, given the massive size of modern cargo ships, it's quite <i>technically</i> feasible to fit them out with nuclear power in much the same way we do many warships - but I suppose it's not <i>socially</i> feasible, because the world is full of too many ignorant, alarmist, reactionary fools who would shout the idea down reflexively. It's like how we have plenty of places to build solar and wind power, but self entitled NIMBYists throw a fit whenever people try to actually take actions to help protect all life on the planet, because their own personal sense of aesthetics is insulted.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com