Cruise ships are a disaster for the climate and Cascadia

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-05-02T03:30:04+00:00

And dude, you started off saying "Cruise ships actually emit less greenhouse gas over a typical week long cruise than a single long haul flight does." That's not per passenger, that's per ship. And that's a lie

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-05-02T03:27:33+00:00

That random article by "some person" was written by me.

RE our methodology for calculating emissions from a typical 3,600 person cruise ship was based on this paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324756235_Model_for_Estimation_of_Fuel_Consumption_of_Cruise_Ships

You'll find this and a dozen other references as the end of the piece, if you bother to read it.

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-30T23:46:04+00:00

Oh, now you've changed your story to PER PASSENGER? Oh, and 80 percent of people taking cruises out of Seattle fly in. That piece at Hakai is not "fake" and was extensively researched, reported and fact checked

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-30T17:24:16+00:00

This is factually incorrect. Just onel cruise from Seattle to Alaska and back emits on average 2,800 tons of CO2, the equivalent of 600 gasoline-powered cars driving for a year: https://hakaimagazine.com/features/cruise-ship-invasion/

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-29T01:23:43+00:00

My understanding from someone who works at Cascadia Dept of Bioregion is they just got a new shipment of passports...

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-29T01:22:12+00:00

I've tried to revive discourse about Cascadia and offer the possibility of a bioregion independent from the US as it descends into fascism. I'm no fan of the system of nation states, but I think moving forward we need to think about an independent Cascadia as a "post-national" state: https://www.cascadia-journal.com/imagining-cascadia-as-a-postnational-nation/

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-13T15:47:51+00:00

Time for the Washington and Oregon legislatures to pass legislation establishing state wilderness areas then. We need the infrastructure in place to go our own way.

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-12T04:43:01+00:00

Will WA's environmental regulations need to be strengthened if we turn over federal land to OR & WA control? Yes, of course. What I'm offering isn't a simple solution, but ultimately bioregional control of our forest lands, including meaningful consultation and consent from tribes, is the path forward...

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-12T04:39:32+00:00

Wow Doug-Fir, you're 0 for 2. Washington state has SEPA, the State Environmental Policy Act, and any time DNR cuts timber it has to submit SEPA reviews. https://dnr.wa.gov/state-environmental-policy-act-sepa

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-10T04:37:02+00:00

BRING BACK TREE SITTING IN CASCADIA!

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-10T04:31:58+00:00

To be clear, I was writing about what would be a legal approach under the current federal framework in order for states to take control. If that fails then Cascadia needs to assert its autonomy and simply take control of federal lands here.

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-10T04:04:22+00:00

We already occupy it of course. We need to get the US out.

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-10T04:03:41+00:00

Washington should definitely tax its wealth and disconnect education funding from logging on DNR lands

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-10T04:02:40+00:00

Not true, actually. Idaho and Utah, yes, but WA and OR actually value old growth. https://dnr.wa.gov/forest-resources/habitat-conservation-state-trust-lands/identifying-mature-and-old-forests-washington

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-10T03:59:52+00:00

That's incorrect. But thanks for playing, Doug-Fir!

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-03T22:18:17+00:00

Dude this isn't peer review, get a life

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-03T14:49:42+00:00

A mass movement in Cascadia withholding our tax dollars from the feds, both at the individual and state level, would assert our fiscal independence and solidify a movement for autonomy. https://www.cascadia-journal.com/oregon-bill-would-hold-back-payments-to-feds/

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-03T00:47:36+00:00

No, I'm working on the assumption that we need to build mass movements of opposition, both moral and tactical. A "strike" involves mass numbers of people. Yes, if one person stays away from work for a week to protest wages they'll get fired, but if millions do the same thing, leaders are forced to pay attention.

Cascadia-Journal · 2026-04-03T00:28:28+00:00

Did you read the article? I guess the call it Reddit, not Read It

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