Over The Sea to Arran–Emissions and All!!

From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

By Paul Homewood

According to the BBC:

The carbon footprint of a long-delayed new “green” ferry will be far larger than the 31-year-old diesel ship that usually serves the route between the Scottish mainland and the island of Arran.

An emissions analysis by CalMac has calculated MV Glen Sannox will emit 10,391 equivalent tonnes of CO2 a year compared with 7,732 for MV Caledonian Isles.

The dual-fuel ferry has more car capacity but requires larger engines which also emit methane, a greenhouse gas with a far greater global warming effect than CO2.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy87e72yg3o

It has not occurred to the BBC to ask what carbon footprint was involved in the building of the new ferry, when there was already a perfectly good one.

Nor has it occurred to them to question why this “green” ferry needs to use LNG at all!

Surely it could not be because the batteries could not power the ferry for the whole trip across to Arran and back again?