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Old 09-27-2019, 09:34 PM   #1231
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Originally Posted by zamler View Post
She didn't "catch a ride" lol. People had to fly to her destination to bring the craft back. The thing weighs over 7 tons most of that carbon fiber which is nearly impossible to recycle. You can make an argument that this was an awareness campaign but to argue it's a green trip is ridiculous.

It's not a zero emissions sail boat unless you have no understanding of the entire energy lifecyle that goes into various modes of transport. If you think this vessel is zero emissions then you think solar panels are zero emissions. Even a Tesla Model 3 charged by hydro power still takes 4-6 years to make back its carbon footprint used to manufacture.
Did she manufacture it for this trip? Like Jesus, everybody knows it uses energy to create things, thanks Bill Nye. But given that yachts, planes, ocean liners, sail boats, rocket ships, hover craft, and literally every thing that could cross an ocean required energy to create, choosing the one of what was already built that offers zero emissions for the trip, seems to make sense. And she sacrificed convenience to ensure HER TRIP was zero emissions.

I swear if she swam you’d say her bathing suit isn’t carbon neutral lol
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