cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50125188
🌎 Humanity is truly living its best ClimateCatch22 dream:
The hotter > The more ACs > The more Electricity consumption > The hotter
⛵ Meanwhile the rich take advantage of the rising water levels, MOVING onto superyachts & forever cruiseships (for one last journey).
⛽ Burning through a cool $1 million of diesel per refueling.
Full ownership prices start at $99,999.
That’s not exactly super-rich prices, tbh. As retirement plans go it’s pretty doable.
Co2 footprint is definitely an issue. I do wonder what the environmental impact will be like once electric cruise ships hit the scene (currently scheduled for build completion in 2031).
True, but there is a bunch of extra monthly costs: "Owners also pay monthly fees — which in 2025 worked out as $2,000 per person per month for double occupancy, and $3,000 for single occupancy. " Plus delivery of items to the ship, extremely expensive renovations, extra fuel charges etc.
Not only CO2, the pollution (not only oil) might be an even bigger issue: https://earth.org/the-environmental-impact-of-cruise-ships/
That would be wonderful! In ships batteries make a lot of sense as the weight is less of an issue, modern sail ships are also great, if the fuel is from a good source LNG is also pretty decent. Hopefully there will be advancements :)
The monthly fees cover all living expenses except medicine, and given they state there’s discounts for seniors, it still isn’t a crazy amount.
I’ve been on a cruise ship once for a couple days, and I can see how it would be attractive if it wasn’t for the whole ‘destroying the environment’ thing.
At least for cargo, I have also seen ideas to bring sailing ships back. After all, a lot of intercontinental cargo is not super time critical.
After seeing a few different clips and posts about recent tall/sailing ship events, it would be so fucking cool if that kind of sailing came back in a big way.
Seeing all those hug sails and masts gave me a sense of nostalgia that I hadn’t felt before.
It won’t be that kind of sailing ship. It’ll mostly be tankers and bulk-cargo, because of the free deck space, with huge cylenders or panels. No “proper” sails.
I couldn’t stand the CO2 guilt. On top of that, it must be fu***ng mind-numbing.
Yeah i bet these boomers care
This describes life in general.
I’d say treat the cause, not the symptom.
Decent retirement communities are so fucking expensive (and also full of elder abuse) that it’s often cheaper for seniors to live (and die) on cruise ships.
The potential for abuse on a permanent cruise must be insanely high.
Maybe if this were a news article instead ofan advertisement it would mention it.
People here complaining about C02 and I’m thinking… These old bags have lived this long and don’t have much longer… They are more likely to die quicker with a sedentary life on a ship and eating extravagant meals regularly.
And seriously there’s no way they are wasting away as much of the environment as someone like Taylor Swift.
