Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: [C-L] Walking Lightly

[Kerry Strayton (kstrayton]

Hi, Brian - The pollution caused by shipping in Vancouver, British  Columbia is 
a major problem. A half of all heavy particulate pollution  in the city is 
caused by the heavy fuel oil burned by cargo ships and  passenger cruise liners.
  Kerry Strayton

    
From: Brian Bartholomew [mailto:bb [at] stat.ufl.edu] 
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 4:19 AM
To: Cohousing-L
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ 50+ and affordable

The true resource cost of ocean shipping may be close to negligible
relative to the value of what's shipped.
  
Today, transport costs account for about 1 percent of the
final price of consumer goods, making country of origin
largely an afterthought in purchasing decisions.

True, that 1% doesn't count air pollution.  But it's a big ocean and
there may not be that much air pollution.  How many harbors have a
smog problem?
  Brian
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