On Friday morning, West Coast port officials told CNN about a startling sight: Not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours. That hasn’t happened since the pandemic.
You guys are all fools. This is a good thing! The Art of the deal! This is just from Thursday:
“We’re seeing as a result that ports here in the US, the traffic has really slowed and now thousands of dockworkers and truck drivers are worried about their jobs.”
Reporter
“That means we lose less money … when you say it slowed down, that’s a good thing, not a bad thing.”
The Orange Turd is bringing empty shelves to America. Great job MAGAts.
You guys are all fools. This is a good thing! The Art of the deal! This is just from Thursday:
At least he has reduced the enormous amounts of pollution created by all those ships normally?
I don’t know, I’m just trying to find a sliver of hope somewhere.
Container ships are the most economical and least polluting way to ship goods per ton
I thought trains were the most efficient way to ship goods, though I’ll concede that trains are notoriously bad at crossing oceans.
Wikipedia entry claims shipping is the most environmentally efficient transport method.
Doesn’t mean it’s still okay for the environment. Those ships need to be transitioned to nuclear.
Don’t worry, Trump’s got you covered…
Especially if wind power becomes a viable alternative (again?)
https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/new-wind-powered-cargo-ship-sets-sail-2023-08-22_en
So you are saying container ships do not cause massive pollution?
No, they are saying that any other way to transport those goods would cause more pollution.
So you are saying that by NOT transporting these goods whatsoever, the environment is harmed more?