In my specific case, I was looking into travels between Beppu (Japan) and Osaka. There is a direct ferry line, but other routes exist of course (also trains).
I wonder how a ferry and a plane would compare
In my specific case, I was looking into travels between Beppu (Japan) and Osaka. There is a direct ferry line, but other routes exist of course (also trains).
I wonder how a ferry and a plane would compare
Well, there’s this:
https://www.statista.com/chart/32350/greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-mode-of-transport/
… but a ferry is not a cruise ship.
I would imagine they would be lower on this chart than the cruise ship, cruise ships are kind of notorious amongst shup types as being just obscenely resource intensive / wasteful…
… but basically outside of WA/BC… there just aren’t that many ferry systems in North America, whereas they are more common elsewhere…
Maybe there are more/better studies done in Japanese, Korean, etc, that focus on the kinds of tech and ships and fuels used in ferry systems around there?
The number you’d get out of the kind of calculation there, it could change a lot based on the overall design / route / intended speed of the ship, the kind of engine used (it could potentially have a hyrbid electrical drive system), the blend of fuel used, etc etc.