There's a story in the Vancouver Sun today gushing over the fact that a new cruise ship had its christening in Vancouver and extolling the tourist dollars the ship and its brethren bring in to the local economy.
Not surprisingly, there was no mention of the environmental destruction these SUVs of the ocean cause - both in terms of fuel in the water, sewage and garbage dumping and emissions. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives had a good article on this recently. It also analyzed the labour practices on board cruise ships - for most of those below decks, life on board is like a sweatshop, not a holiday.
The modern cruise ship looks ugly - a huge ungainly floating hotel. I can't see what the attraction is, but they obviously are attractive to many people.
Posted by wetcoast at July 12, 2003 03:24 PMThe amount of pollution put out by these cruise ships is disgusting. Last fall when I unknowingly went on a cruise through Alaskan waters I could see the black film stretching across the water for miles behind us. Anyone could see that all of the supposed "environmental protection" procedures were all publicity. How much virgin water will be lost before a government body acts and the greedy cruise-tycoons are stopped.
Posted by: Dr. Cooling at September 24, 2003 01:02 PM