Super Cool: Alaska Cruise Line Experiments with new Fuel

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2. The greatest danger of a spill would be fire on the ship.

LNG evaporates, it doesn't stay around to wash up on beaches or harm wildlife like fuel oil.

The methane is, of course, a greenhouse gas, but compared to overall worldwide emissions of methane the loss of the fuel would be a drop in the bucket.

LNG burns cleaner than fuel oil, no smoke, but the overall emissions of greenhouse gasses by ships using it a fuel may be fairly similar to ships using fuel oil.

The ethics of fossil fueled cruise ships is another issue, but affluent people are always going to have a huge environmental footprint whatever they do.