As Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise was out doing an independent evaluation of the Gulf oil spill, the Esperanza (pictured) was protesting deep sea drilling in the Arctic. (Photo: Greenpeace Brazil)
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I usually love pointing that organizations like Greenpeace use the same resources that they're protesting the use of – like this ship that uses diesel – a lot of diesel, but I do appreciate them at least giving a damn about it:
http://www.greenpeace.org/mediterranean/about/shi…
It has taken many months to refit the ship in as environmentally friendly way as possible and these improvements include: the removal or safe containment of all asbestos; fitting a special fuel system to avoid spillage; newly fitted, more efficient, diesel electric propulsion; on board recycling of waste water, leaving only clean water pumped overboard; a waste based heating system; bilge water purifiers, 15 times more effective than current legislation demands; TBT-free hull paint; ammonia based refrigeration and air-conditioning rather than climate changing and ozone depleting Freon gas – the first Dutch registered vessel to be so fitted; and an environmentally and economically efficient propulsion system to reduce CO2 emissions.
It always irked me in things like in Edward Abbey novels, where the protagonists ramble around in the west with huge 4x4s, blowing shit up.