Michael Grass on Nostr: Looking out from Pike Place Market over the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement and ...

Looking out from Pike Place Market over the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement and seeing this cruise ship docked at Pier 66 made me stop to reread this excellent Hakai magazine article from March by npub16kvdq4my0y9sjck3v9he3srvqs3mhp0sfrxxn394rphgf6nlkjpqkyjn6q (npub16kv…jn6q) about the environmental costs of the cruise ship industry. "[T]he majority of ships idle their diesel engines for nine to 11 hours while passengers snap photos at Pike Place Market and the Space Needle."

https://hakaimagazine.com/features/cruise-ship-invasion

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