How cruise ships became a catastrophe for the planet | It's Complicated

0:22 - "50% US citizens" - Source: TIME/Harris Poll time.com/6285915/cruise-industry-climate-action-em… 2:48 - "4 times worse than flying" Source: the International Council on Clean Transportation theicct.org/marine-cruising-flying-may22/ 2:56 - "Same particulate matter as 1m cars" Source: Nabu report en.nabu.de/news/2017/23046.html 3:04 - "4x sulphur oxides as all Europe's cars" Source: Transport & Environment study www.transportenvironment.org/wp-content/uploads/20… 3:17 - "25% of all ocean waste comes from cruise ships" - Source: Ocean & Coastal Management journal www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S096… 3:25 - impact on marine life Source: PHAROS4MPAs iczmplatform.org/storage/documents/lBKMxs0Wvm99Y9E… 3:51 - 24% lower if speed reduced Source: Seas at risk report seas-at-risk.org/publications/multi-issue-speed-re… 4:20 LNG engines leak methane Source: the International Council on Clean Transportation theicct.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ICCT_Comer_… 4:20 Methane traps 80x more heat than Co2 Source: MIT climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/why-do-we-compare-methane-…

When a company says their new product or service (or cruise ship) is "More Environmentally Friendly", it's not, it's just less environmentally un-friendly than before.

I got a cruise ship advert on this 😭

I knew that cruise ships were pretty bad polluters but I was not aware they were THIS polluting! How can anyone claim that they are even remotely environmentally friendly?

Not to mention their contribution to overtourism at major ports. Cruise tourists spend considerably less than land-based tourists. I avoid destinations when large cruise ships are in port.

these giant floating theme parks on the seas cannot possibly be environmentally responsible or sustainable

An interesting fact was overlooked, even though ships can drive with natural gas they only do near ports, as soon as they leave their waters they switch to engines that run on heavy oil.

The details about the cruise ship pollutants and wastes is terrifying.

Floating shopping malls or public housing complexes where the sea holds little to no significance for both users and operators.

Seems like unfortunately it’s the small potatoes like family owned fishing businesses that get fried due to lack of equity/resources for lawyers and go under when more rules and regulations are applied for climate and conservations. When it’s the big potatoes that should be eaten

There's no way taking a whole hotel with you when you travel can be environmentally friendly. When they say more environmentally friendly, it's like McDonald's coming up with healthier options.

300kg per person per day of CO2 emissions....

I wholeheartedly share this criticism and am extremely wary of any claims made by cruise companies. However, ... Comparing a cruise ship with other forms of transport is misleading and disingenuous. The reality is that you need to compare the emissions of a cruise ship with those of the airplanes, buses, cars, hotels, theme parks and restaurants that they are replacing. I would be interested to see how the emissions of 5000 holidaymakers on land would stack up for a similar time period.

Its not complicated. Its called greed.

This is what happens when you let an industry grow underregulated. If externalities are not priced, why care?

I knew cruise ships polluted a lot, but I didn't know it was this much!

You're mixing up ocean liners with cruise ships! 🤦🏼‍♂️

Passenger ships designed for speed are Ocean Liners - they usually weather storms in the name of meeting schedules. Cruise Ships on the other hand always try to go around bad weather as they are designed much taller and cant take the same kind of beating at sea.

And then there’s the food waste issue………

It is all about the immediate money 😢