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INSIGHTS judging environmental impact. The high sulfur exhaust of vessels Cost and Challenges of Sulfur Reduction helps to counter the CO2 greenhouse effect. This is because the Vessel owners basically can decide between different strategies sulfur dioxide reduces the amount of solar energy reaching the to meet the requirements, all have advantages and disadvantages: surface, hence it cools down the planet. This man-made in? uence • They can install scrubber systems is dwarfed by natural sulfur exhaust of algae, which produce a • They can buy more expensive low sulfur fuel oils compound called DMSP (dimethylsulfoniopropionate). like MGO/MDO or new ECA fuels (> 20 new blends)

This compound is released slowly over time from algae • They can re