As the saying goes, we’re so far behind we’re ahead.
I’m not sure where it originated from, but these days it is a saying that rings true as we struggle to find ways to be a greener, yet still productive society. It’s no secret if we stay on the consumption path we are on our resources, like water and fossil fuels, will be depleted. To harness the natural energy sources like sunlight and wind power, solar panels and windmills have become common place.
But more on the point of behind and ahead, it is interesting to see how one Nova Scotia company is combining new technology with a fairly tradition mode of transport that in the end brings customer satisfaction and a low carbon footprint. The company has developed storage tanks with a water-circulating system that keeps seafood alive and healthy during transport to the consumer. The storage systems are being used now to transport product by sea rather than air, thus using less fuel resulting in less carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere.
Perhaps the industrial shipping lanes will see a resurgence in the future as more and more of these kinds of developments are made and that can only mean more good news for the ship building industry.
Charlotte MacAulay