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xxporyesterday at 6:40 PM3 repliesview on HN

The oil used for shipping from Shenzhen to Long Beach is completely trivial compared to what the truck used getting it from Long Beach to Pasadena.


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MinimalActionyesterday at 6:58 PM

I'd love a napkin math calculation at this.

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badc0ffeetoday at 1:24 AM

That's better than the situation in Vancouver, where containers from the port go by rail 1000 km/600 miles and over Rogers Pass (1300 m/4400 ft), to logistics centres near Calgary, and then back by truck to Vancouver.

chrneuyesterday at 11:21 PM

oh okay then that consumption is totally fine. no worries here mate!

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