I think it makes a lot of sense. You could probably seal the engine compartment for decades at a time.
I read somewhere that running on bunker fuel was the equivalent pollution of 50m cars.
https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/10757/doe...
I think it was russia? that had nuclear powered ice breakers. Made sense as the constant power demands must be phenomenal.
>I read somewhere that running on bunker fuel was the equivalent pollution of 50m cars.
For SO2 and NO2 pollution, not CO2. They are the most efficient way of transportation in terms of CO2 emissions. Ironically reducing their sulfur dioxide emissions is likely what caused the uptick in global temperatures the last two years. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01442-3