"It takes 15 of the world’s largest container ships to equal all the pollution created by cars on earth."
The winningest professional surfer of all-time, one Robert Kelly Slater, found himself Instagram, yesterday, as Americans flocked to the polls and decided it was time to share a bit of information about climate change. The autodidact is, of course, widely knowledgable across multiple fields. Slater is smarter than most doctors, a mathematics whiz and an expert in Sino-American relations just to name but a very few.
Regarding the climate, though, the legendary snowboarder Jeremy Jones had posted a carousel of images highlighting the differences between Trump’s policy positions and Harris’s and urged his many followers to vote with the climate in mind.
Slater, in any case, teed off, “So you think Harris winning is gonna change the planet’s climate in a noticeable way? It takes 15 of the world’s largest container ships to equal all the pollution created by cars on earth. And there are thousands of those ships. Any policy they can get her to memorize and speak on is not gonna change anything in any tangible way and surely not stopping avalanches, as old as time itself. But if we all fight about it here it might just fix it.”
Nobody at the time of his comment was fighting though the floodgates certainly opened thereafter with many Slater fans praising the 11x world champion’s intelligence and fortitude.
The only small problem, Slater was spewing misinformation like a coal fire. Jones, a climate activist for many years and founder of the non-profit Protect Our Winters thanked the 57-year-old Pipe Master for joining the conversation though pointed out that “The CO2 output from all the cars on the planet in a year is approximately 3.05 billion tons of CO2. The 15 largest cargo ships in the world collectively produce 4.13 to 4.96 million tons of CO2 annually.”
Hmmmmm.
Slater’s skepticism, and smoke blowing, might have been borne from sincere confusion even though, as mentioned, he is smarter than most doctors. It might also have been borne from the fact that he is actively trying to sell energy-hungry wave pools to Middle Eastern petro-kingdoms. Do you have any thoughts on that?
If we all fight about it here it might just fix it.
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Still pushing CO2 scam? Somebody inform Chaz Trump won so he doesn’t have to pretend anymore.
Also, a warm planet is better for humans than a cold planet. Pray for more global warming.
So lets just throw our garbage over the neighbours wall, china and india do so why shoudnt we..
Joe Biden releases more methane daily than all the cattle in the greater 48.
google Dr. Alan Lloyd. worked for him in ’86 and read how his focus is all over the map. libs love him. me? I supplied him with field measurements. real data! Wrote him a really great resignation letter.
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agree with you, that liz Cheney nonsense was about as twisted a story as I’ve ever seen, and I’m no fan of trump … also totally misrepresented the oral sex with the mike thing. Dumb ass …
Chaz Smith’s latest piece of shithousery hits hard—while he tries to use Kelly Slater’s name for clicks because he cant get attention any other way , he’s also exposing a major blunder. Slater’s claim that 15 massive container ships emit as much CO2 as all automobiles has been debunked by Jeremy Jones, the snowboarder turned climate advocate. Jones sets the record straight: those ships pump out 4.13 to 4.96 million tons of CO2 annually, while cars belch out a staggering 3.05 billion tons.
But here’s the kicker: total emissions from all container ships in 2022 were 858 million tons, still less than autos but a notable 19%. Slater misses the mark, and Jones rightly corrects him but Jones should have included the ALL statement but who’s cares?
Then there’s Chaz, who, after dishing out some compliments, throws Slater under the bus by calling out his hypocrisy over promoting energy-sucking wave pools to oil-rich nations. Classic Chaz—sharp criticism mixed with a dose of backhanded praise. Chaz’s wordsmithing still sucks because on one hand while trying to set the record straight he includes so much verbal diarrhea the article is painful to read.
Clean up your act Chaz and shave that pedophilic mustache off too.
Kelly Slater is a surfing expert.
I’m appalled and shocked that people think climate change is a bigger problem than racism, transphobia and xenophobia.
No one cares about the stupid climate when women are still ruled by the patriarchy.
No matter which way you slice it, women are always gunna get fuked
I hate Trump but fuck having an Indian run the joint. They’re truly fucked
Theyre always on the phone
All good questions. A tariff on a blank is probably less impactful than on a higher priced finished product.
slater party of two? at the 6star taco joint you call your kitchen…need tortas? child chef?
They look delicious
pacific dolphin balls…
I’ll get the polar bear sauce
rocky oysters with a gin flip~
Dane was there! Yves Musk. And you are out of the marvel costume, what so you drive~
and so it goes musicians play…
should listen to what they say?
fuck, Bruce&Sprinsstein/
but that chick Tina~
This is the age of rapid fire misinformation. Slow down, research, and think before spouting nonsense. We have an obligation to future generations to lead by example, not by complacency.
you can move a lil to the right…
Just logic. No emotional god fearing money grubbing motivation.
Poor Kelly probably loosing more sleep over getting the numbers wrong than finding letters for his sons name.
we protested the vote and won anywho… https://youtu.be/sy_ACh-R1-o?si=r0eDDFfHIsNcHzJf
surfer’s matter…Liz don’t surf. Dick?
“Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed. That word is ‘Nazi.’ Nobody cares about their motives anymore.”
-A.R. Moxon
garbagemen have cleared the first hurtles over the long jump course…losers. miniature golfers? get real~
Yes, it’s true that Nazis are Nazis. It seems that you are inferring that the Republican Party is the Nazi party? Dems suck and Republicans suck and you suck with your divisiveness.
100 times worse liars than Trump