chatelot16 wrote: The sulfur burns SO2 in the smoke which ends in sulfuric acid strongly soluble in water
..... for the boats the sea is big and the boats are far away ... I think there are more serious problems to solve before this one
what you are not well informed about.
It is even a question of topicality.
European Parliament votes for sulfur directive at first reading
The first step in the procedure for adopting the directive aimed at transposing Annex 6 to the Marpol Convention into sulfur emissions from ships into Community law was taken yesterday at the plenary session of the European Parliament. The voted text provides for the reduction of the sulfur rate to 0.1% in the SECA zones (sulfur emission control zones, Baltic Sea, English Channel and North Sea) in 2015. In a second step, the sulfur rate will be lowered to 0.5% in all Community waters in 2020.
They are therefore provisions corresponding to the compromise text found between the Commission, the European Council and the Parliament and transposing almost faithfully the text of the International Maritime Organization. What was almost different, since a few months ago, the European Parliament recommended tougher measures than the IMO text, with in particular a reduction to 0.1% for all Community waters.
The text also provides for the possibility of public aid measures for shipowners who would experience difficulties in adapting the engine of their vessels to the new standards. However, these must be subject to the state aid scheme. The text must now be submitted to the vote of the European Council before its final adoption.
http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/l ... re-lecture