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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
Too bad about the nasty fuel. I understand that large ship diesel engines are among the most efficient in the world. Maybe adding pollution controls to them would still allow them to keep their efficiency and their ability to burn that nasty low grade fuel.
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I was under the impression many large ships were using a pollution control of sorts, bubbling the exhaust through sea water, the exhaust turns into fertilizer after reacting with the various minerals in the water and creates algae growth (not necessarily good either) but it keeps it out of the air.
Also that bunker fuel is a leftover, I would hate to see it become a waste byproduct and feel the best place for it to go is in a 56% eff ship rather than get dumped in one way or another by the refinery, which by the way usually is very polluting on the same scale as one of these ships, much like our electric coal fired plants.
Cheers
Ryan