Tuesday, 31 December 2024

I Guess At The Time,

it seemed such a good idea, 


photograph PA Media via BBC, replace a diesel ferry with one that uses liquified natural gas (LNG) as its fuel, to reduce its carbon footprint, it was also made bigger to accommodate 127 cars instead of 90, at its launch in 2017, the then first minister Nicola Sturgeon said it would contribute to "Scotland's world-leading climate change goals", it enters service next month in its service to the Caledonian Isles, by now the green tree huggers reading this must be in ecstasy, but, someone did not do the math, the new vessel will leave a bigger footprint than the old diesel one! Prof Tristan Smith, from University College London's Energy Institute, said: "In a best case scenario there's a negligible benefit of using LNG, and at worst there would be a deterioration." One expert on transport emissions told BBC News that if the "upstream" carbon cost of importing LNG from Qatar is included in the emissions calculation, it might be better to run the new ship on diesel! 

the route LPG takes to reach the new vessel, so much for contributing to "Scotland's world-leading climate change goals" and there is worse to come, the ship was delivered last month, years late and over budget, I mentioned someone forgot to do the math, that is measure the new ship, the size of the ship means it cannot berth at the usual mainland harbour at Ardrossan until a major redevelopment takes place! the increased fuel consumption of the heavier ship means its overall carbon footprint is about 35% larger than Caledonian Isles, the diesel vessel it is replacing!  I wonder who is paying for all of this green nonsense? Oh, I just remembered we are, the UK tax payers! the full article is here.


No comments: