Carbon offsetting for expeditions

[mikem]

Ah yes, hadn't actually noticed that - never trust a journalist with the facts!

 

[Chocolate fireguard]

Liquified Natural Gas. I expect it’s an error.

That's so disappointing!

 

[mikem]

But then most things are (human planning rarely goes as hoped)

 

[Fjell]

As was discussed earlier, LNG currently has a very high overhead for compression and liquification.

The ship has lower CO2 emissions in itself, but that does not account for the production emissions. It may make things worse. There is also some slippage of methane though the engine and that is a significant issue. However it will reduce other emissions like sulphur, which has been a problem for a long time in the shipping industry.

There is no easy answer.

 

[Chocolate fireguard]

The idea that the cruise ship was powered by liquified nitrogen (rather than natural) gas was wrong of course- National Geographic need to get better proof readers.
But this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryog...ed for the large-scale storage of electricity.
is interesting.
Perhaps one day?