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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
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!”
Of course people should be allowed to own nice things that they enjoy.
The problem is that these specific people are only able to afford these specific nice things because of economic systems that are based on hundreds of millions of people not being able to afford any nice things in life, ever.
Not that I'm specifically blaming multimillionaires and billionaires for the shortcomings of global economy systems.
They have just benefitted from them in the same way other people are suffering from them.
Does ecosystem carrying capacity overshoot ring a bell? Individual footprint matters, especially if massively oversized.
Sir, we’re talking about boats.
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.