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Farewell from Struggles From Below
👋Sadly, this will be the last
edition of The SFB Weekly – and the publication as
a whole. Try as we might, we just haven't quite
been able to find a sustainable business model for
the magazine and, looking forward, the headwinds
in the wider media industry appear too
turbulent to navigate for a tadpole like us. As we
round out the year, this seems a good time to make
a clean break and discontinue publishing for an
indefinite period. Saying that, we do hope
(perhaps with more heart than head) to be back at
some point in the future, and we'll obviously keep
you updated if and when that
happens. Anyway, I just want to
finish off by saying such a huge thank you for all
your time and support over the past two and a half
years. It truly has been a pleasure to bring
Struggles From Below to you and, personally, one
of the most fulfilling experiences of my
professional life. To the readers, thank you for
your time and attention, both of which need to be
so delicately budgeted in this era of information
abundance; and to the patrons, thank you for your
extremely kind and generous support, without which
none of this would've been possible (and we'll
obviously cease the payments from
today). In the words of the great Vinnie
Jones: "It's been emotional." All the
best, Ollie Founder &
Editor-in-Chief, Struggles From
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In
our top read this week, Reasons to be Cheerful's
Eric Krebs discovers that 2021 was the year cargo shipping
pivoted green.
The fundamental building
block of modern life is a corrugated steel
rectangle eight feet wide, eight-and-a-half feet
tall and 20 feet long. In the 65 years since its
invention, the standardised shipping container has
revolutionised the global economy, making global
exchange cheaper and more efficient than ever
before. In 2020, despite the pandemic downturn,
cargo ships moved nearly 60 trillion
ton-miles worth of goods, almost twice the global
total at the turn of the millennium.
As
Christmas approaches, the majority of gifts that
end up under trees — not to mention
the lights, ornaments and decorative
Santas — will have made the journey on one of
these ships. The environmental impact is notable.
Today, cargo ships carry some 90 percent of the
world’s goods and account for three percent of
man-made carbon emissions. Taken as a whole, the
global shipping industry emits about as much
carbon as Germany.
Until
recently, the shipping industry trailed other
carbon-intensive industries, like vehicles and
electric power, in its commitments to reduce
emissions. But 2021 was a pivot point. The push
toward a zero-carbon shipping industry gained
significant momentum, bringing the world closer to
a future in which goods are sent across oceans
with minimal impact on the
climate. | |
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December 17, 2021 11:00 AM
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Weekly: Farewell 👋
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