Comment by BrenBarn
1 month ago
But what if you apportion the fuel usage over the items transported? Presumably the ship carries far more items than the truck.
1 month ago
But what if you apportion the fuel usage over the items transported? Presumably the ship carries far more items than the truck.
This is already taken into account: Shagie's table is based on [1], which is per kilogram-kilometer
[1] https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/freight-transportation
I suspect they are underestimating how efficient ocean shipping really is.
Do you have any basis for that which I could refer to in discussion?