Fiji Times Wednesday 27 September 2017 “THERE is no harm in trying and there is harm in not trying. In fact, there is immense harm in not trying. We know we are on a path to destruction; the science is clear. We have to reduce all our emission from the shipping sector prior to 2045, and to do that is to come up with alternative methods.”
These were the words of Andrew Irwin, the energy program officer for The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
In 2015, the Uto ni Yalo transported one tonne of cocoa beans from the Solomon Islands to a chocolate factory in Wellington, New Zealand.
Mr Irwin said there were alternative methods in place that could help reduce carbon emission and have a minimum impact on the economy.
However, he said to get those new technologies with clean energy in to the country people would need to familiarise themselves with those new technologies.
For example, ships that were built with the electric propulsion system were expected to contribute to the mitigation of load on the earth’s environment through the reduction of greenhouse gas emission. Read more…
