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Cruising is a way to visit some of the most pristine and spectacular places on earth, and we hear a lot about how flying is bad for the climate, right? Right. But what if I told you that even the most efficient cruise ships emit more carbon dioxide per passenger kilometer (CO2/pax-km) than a passenger jet? Link

“The Galapagos Islands is one of the major vulnerable global hotspots to environmental and climatic change” Link

Maybe not 11/10 recommend

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Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Its not a giant cruise ship, it was a super small yacht that fit 10 of us all done as sustainably as possible. In general I agree with you I wouldn’t touch a cruise ship with a 10 foot pole, they are definitely terrible.

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spinne@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
That’s a really fair concern. I hope I get to go there someday, and I’m looking forward to doing it with an eye towards good ecological stewardship and responsibility. And not in a floating petri dish, I’m a straight up germaphobe

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- Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  For what its worth my experience wasn’t a giant cruise ship it was a small yacht with maybe 10 of us on board, we only used it to get from island to island overnight.
  
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  - Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Jealous
    
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  - spinne@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Ngl, I’m straight up excited to see what kinds of innovations we see for exploring the oceans with all the new energy and storage tech we’re developing. On the one hand, we’re doing it because we’re facing an ecological hellscape; on the other, it’s really exciting to be one of the people who gets to see what we do and where we take it!
    
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