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Think is is an important development

Submitted by QMS on Sat, 02/07/2026 - 7:34am

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China has launched the worlds' first electric ship.
Now in operation, plying goods across oceans
to markets using only battery power. This is steering
the future. Sustainable and changing equations the
west is yet to grasp. Another indication of how far
ahead they are in comparison.

https://x.com/commiepommie/status/2019253313548742911?ref_src=twsrc%5Etf...

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Submitted by QMS on Sat, 02/07/2026 - 7:47am
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but they are hugely polluting.
If you have ever been around an
operating machine in the propulsion
hold of a big ship, you realize the power
produced by burning heavy oil and transferring
it to spinning massive propellors for motivational
force. Pretty impressive. The battery banks must be
extremely large.

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Zionism is a social disease

Submitted by QMS on Sat, 02/07/2026 - 7:59am
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Diesel

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versus electric

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Zionism is a social disease

Submitted by studentofearth on Sat, 02/07/2026 - 1:26pm
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fuels. This article from 2020 laments the lack of progress and the shipping industry.

Calls For Global Shipping To Ditch Fossil Fuels And Meet Climate Goals Forbes Sept 20, 2020

Notably, the shipping industry opted out of the Paris Agreement in favor of voluntary reductions. It is currently not on trajectory to meet climate targets.
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"In order to restrain warming to within 2 degrees, total decarbonization must be achieved in the same time frame of 2050,” Dan Hubbell, Ocean Conservancy’s Shipping Emissions Campaign Manager, remarked. “To achieve the IMO's goal and also halt climate change, the first zero-emission ships must be on the water by 2030.”

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