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Post by fretslider on Aug 1, 2019 4:19:29 GMT -5
Namely the Malizia II
Offshore sailing team Malizia Yacht Club de Monaco with skipper Boris Herrmann from Hamburg and team founder Pierre Casiraghi have joined the “Sports for Climate Action”
team-malizia.com/en/home/
Hiring a [un-eco-friendly] state of the art carbon fibre boat isn't cheap
MALIZIA Perini Navi Sailing Yacht | From EUR€ 28,000 /wk
www.charterworld.com/index.html?sub=yacht-charter&charter=sy-malizia-6926
But remember, this is a stunt.
From WUWT
The BBC reports today that Greta Thunberg will travel to some climate conferences by sail.
Is Greta Thunberg the first climate activist prepared to abide by their convictions and use “carbon-free” travel? I think she is.
My personal opinion is that Greta should be congratulated for her integrity (just as the others should be condemned for their hypocrisy).
But maybe, just maybe, this story will drive home to people just how ridiculous the whole “carbon-free” idea is.
Greta is fortunate enough to be invited to visit the other side of the Atlantic in a fast racing yacht, because she is famous. That’s the positive part of the story. But let’s go through just a few of the issues arising from this story:
1. It will take a very long time compared with flying, especially if you aren’t famous. At Malizia II’s trans-Atlantic racing speed of 14.5 knots (https://www.yacht-club-monaco.mc/en/route-du-rhum-malizia-ii-finished-5th/), an Atlantic crossing takes a fortnight. Time is money to most people, and especially to businesses.
Want to use your 4-week annual leave or the children’s school holiday to visit relatives on the other side of the Atlantic? Forget it.
2. The Atlantic, just like any large body of water, has severe storms. Even professional competitors in ocean races get sea-sick.
Greta will be in an ocean racer, and even without a storm I doubt she will enjoy it. What will trans-ocean travel be like in our future “carbon-free” world?
3. …
There really isn’t any point in going on with this – the whole “carbon-free” idea is utterly impractical. In a “carbon-free” world, they are going to have to have all nuclear-powered ships and planes, or the whole world just descends into poverty. How long did they say we had left to go “carbon-free”?
So, while I congratulate Greta on her high ethical standards, maybe be best thing that can come out of this journey is the final realisation that the whole “carbon-free” thing is an exercise in absurdly expensive futility.
wattsupwiththat.com/2019/07/30/well-done-greta-thunberg/
From James Delingpole
It’s being spun as a victory for the environment because even though the boat – fitted with solar panels and underwater turbines – has a diesel engine for emergencies it will attempt to make the journey using wind power alone.
What the publicity blurb doesn’t mention, though, is how incredibly un-eco-friendly carbon fibre is.
As the Guardian reported in 2017:
But carbon fibre has a dirty secret: the hi-tech material is wasteful to produce and difficult to recycle.
There’s also, I’d say, a huge question mark over the wisdom of a 16-year old schoolgirl with Aspergers spending a fortnight crossing the Atlantic on a racing yacht.
These boats are not built for comfort.
These round-the-world racing yachts are designed to be as light as possible. They’re stripped of all unnecessary comforts to the point where all they really are is a floating shell carrying ropes, sails, food, water and safety equipment. They are also incredibly noisy as the echoing hull slaps against the waves. There’s nowhere you can retreat to for peace or rest. All you want to do is curl up into a darkened corner and die.
Greta is going to have a horrible time crossing the Atlantic.
Then again, I suppose you could call it karmic payback for all the misery her message of doom has inflicted on credulous kids like this little girl below:
www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/31/greta-thunberg-saving-the-world-one-sick-bag-at-a-time/
Lets hope they have plenty of sick bags on board.
