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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

Luxury cruise passengers stranded in Cambodia due to soaring fuel costs

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Luxury cruise passengers stranded in Cambodia due to soaring fuel costs

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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 4 days ago
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The Villa Vie Odyssey suspended its voyage and is working with passengers on "temporary living arrangements".
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    What’s with some of the really judgemental comments towards some people going on a cruise? Like what would you rather people do for a holiday

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      Anything but a cruise.

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        Why?

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          They deposit millions of pounds of shit and other waste into oceans.

          They use so much fuel they led to this story.

          They are floating petri dishes of disease outbreaks. There’s even Netflix docs about it.

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          Environmental impact mostly.

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            Wouldn’t a roadtrip be similar environmental impact? A cruise ship transports large amounts of people

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              IIRC the fuel burned by those things is like the bottom of the barrel and is significantly worse for particles and stuff compared to more refined fuel used for car or trains for example

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                and they just blow the exhaust into the water.

                Many cruise lines have been caught dumping trash in the ocean illegally, or filling up landfills in small coastal towns.

                https://alaskapublic.org/xx-statewide-news/2020-02-26/cruise-ships-dumped-more-than-3-million-pounds-of-trash-in-juneau-last-year

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                  Holly Molly that’s even worse

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                  Oh that’s pretty fucked

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              A cruise ship transports large amounts of people

              who shit in the water and give each other fecal-oral route diseases. I have idiot family members who like cruises and they’ve all been hospitalized for diseases like: Hepatitis, COVID, and the very popular Norovirus where you barf and shit yourself for three days.

              Fun! all inclusive!

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                I live near a cruise port and know a lot of people who have been on them and not had a problem.

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            Are planes any better though?

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              You are SO bad at trolling it really shows.

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      There’s a really big “blame the rich for everything” population here. You can kinda tell what political system they favour.

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        Quite possibly, although cruises don’t even cost that much if you compare them to other holiday options. Especially for what you get.

        Was looking it up and if I drank more it would easily be worth it with the all inclusive drinks packages and cheaper than a lot of other “budget” holidays. But while I can happily drink over 5 pints on a rare occasion I don’t really want to every day for a week.

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      Picket on the Capitol White House

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