Meet the latest way the superrich prove they’re really, totally worried about the environment: $10 million electric superyachts::Electric cars? The superrich have already moved on to electric yachts.
The first thing you notice about the boat is the curved solar paneling, which is curved
Electric boats seem like a great idea, especially with all the pollution the really large cruise ships put out. I’m happy to finally see this become mainstream. On the water there’s nothing to really get in the way of solar panels, either, so it makes sense to have them for charging.
There should be no superyachts no matter what powertrain
The sad part is that shit isn’t even close to a “super” yatch. It’s a very large fancy sailboat. A super yatch is a hole different ball game.
I disagree, but I also don’t have a problem with people or companies being wealthy enough to make or own them, either.
Disgusting
“Hey! This guy believes people should be allowed to own nice things that they enjoy! Get him!”
Does ecosystem carrying capacity overshoot ring a bell? Individual footprint matters, especially if massively oversized.
Sir, we’re talking about boats.
10 MUSD boats made from graphite epoxy composite and quite a few tons of lithium batteries. And the support infrastructure. And the sum of activities on the cruise. Plus other stuff people who buy such trinkets engage in.
There are peer reviewed publications quantifying that, with some surprising numbers in them. The golden billion has an outsized footprint, but the elites have a hockey stick shaped contribution distribution there.
See communist China for a primer on why it’s not a great idea to discourage success.
They literally have the world’s biggest economy and the second most amount of billionaires on the planet behind the US. I don’t think monetary success is being discouraged over there like you think it is.
They aren’t all that communist anymore.
See fascist America for a primer on why it’s not a good to make success dependent on economic upbringing.
Also if your idea of success is a multi million dollar yacht, than 99.99% of us will never be successful by that metric, so why want to uphold it.
