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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Energy => Topic started by: thackney on November 13, 2019, 01:36:03 pm

Title: Reducing Ship Speeds Seen as ‘Silver Bullet’ for Reducing Pollution and Protecting Environment
Post by: thackney on November 13, 2019, 01:36:03 pm

Reducing Ship Speeds Seen as ‘Silver Bullet’ for Reducing Pollution and Protecting Environment
https://gcaptain.com/reducing-ship-speeds-seen-as-silver-bullet-for-reducing-pollution-and-protecting-environment/
November 12, 2019

As the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) environmental work group gathers in London for its annual conference this week, delegates are being urged to consider new regulations to reduce ship speeds.

The IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee’s (MPC) working group on greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) will consider proposals for short-term measures to tackle shipping’s climate impact, including proposals to reduce ship speeds.

According to new research from environmental groups Seas at Risk and Transport & Environment, cutting ships speeds by 10%-20% could produce 13%-24% less CO2, SOx and NOx emissions, respectively.

“Speed reduction is the closest thing to a silver bullet the IMO will ever see,” said John Maggs of Seas at Risk.

“Delegates have, on the table, proposals to reduce ship speed that would not just make a big dent in shipping’s climate impact, but would massively reduce air pollution, underwater noise pollution and the incidence of fatal collisions between whales and ships – all issues the IMO must deal with.”...

Title: Re: Reducing Ship Speeds Seen as ‘Silver Bullet’ for Reducing Pollution and Protecting Environment
Post by: thackney on November 13, 2019, 01:38:12 pm

Absolute idiocy.

Commercial Ships mostly stay in constant use.

If they move product slower, more ships will be built to keep up with the traffic demand.

End result, more burning of fuels, not less, if this was enforced globally.

Title: Re: Reducing Ship Speeds Seen as ‘Silver Bullet’ for Reducing Pollution and Protecting Environment
Post by: Fishrrman on November 13, 2019, 11:46:58 pm

Might as well go back to this:
(https://www.uh.edu/engines/greateas.gif)

Title: Re: Reducing Ship Speeds Seen as ‘Silver Bullet’ for Reducing Pollution and Protecting Environment
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on November 14, 2019, 01:38:28 am

Quote from: thackney on November 13, 2019, 01:38:12 pm

Absolute idiocy.

Commercial Ships mostly stay in constant use.

If they move product slower, more ships will be built to keep up with the traffic demand.

End result, more burning of fuels, not less, if this was enforced globally.

comparable idiocy of the Jimmy Carter solution to impose a national speed limit of 55 mph.

Caused a lot more cars to be on the road at any one time, with correspondingly more congestion, accidents and auto deaths.

Title: Re: Reducing Ship Speeds Seen as ‘Silver Bullet’ for Reducing Pollution and Protecting Environment
Post by: Joe Wooten on November 14, 2019, 03:25:51 am

Again, the proponents of this idiotic idea did not think it through, but they never do.