Navy could make climate change courses compulsory

sylver_dragon , 5 months ago

This bit seems like the more interesting bit:

Environmental scientists could also be given berths on board Britain’s warships to conduct research, the paper says.

“We are developing relationships with universities to offer enduring opportunities to use Royal Navy platforms for their research, such as this December’s deployment in HMS Protector with scientists from Portsmouth University onboard,” it reads.

If this “compulsory training” is anything like the dozens of required online training courses I’ve sat through, the sailors are just going to hit “play” on their laptop and then do something else while it plays. If it requires responses, they will just click as needed while doing something else. No one actually pays attention to these things.

Kusimulkku , 5 months ago

Lmao that’s ridiculous

NegativeLookBehind , 5 months ago

I wonder how much oil the navy uses per year

BumbleBeeButt , 5 months ago

More than you and I

100_percent_a_bot , 5 months ago

I agree, it’s more than likely more than the two of you

BumbleBeeButt , 5 months ago

We all agree, let’s get wasted.

SturgiesYrFase , 5 months ago

Possibly even more than three of you!

Viking_Hippie , 5 months ago

Well since the US military uses more oil than any other organization in the world and ships aren’t exactly the most eco-friendly part of it, I’m guessing it’s somewhere between a shitload and infinite gallons.

feannag , 5 months ago

At least the 11 largest ships and all the submarines are nuclear powered? But yeah, it’s a fuckload. Just don’t look too closely at how much gas jets dump before they land on a ship.

goferking0 , 5 months ago

Largest ones don’t use it but every other part of it needs tons of oil products.

Plus all the ships needed to keep them supplied

NegativeLookBehind , 5 months ago

A 2022 estimate I found said 19,000 barrels per day.

pan_troglodytes , 5 months ago

thats a lot lower than I thought it’d be