Slow Trip Across Sea Aids Profit and Environment

Slow Ships Aid Environment Article:
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100217/ZNYT03/2173014

The shipping issue has much broader implication then what is mentioned in the article. Many American companies have outsourced their manufacturing to other countries where manufacturing costs are cheaper. This equates to more shipping to send the products back to the United States for sale, creating more greenhouse gases in the shipping process. By slowing down the shipping process it will help to offset the greenhouse gas emissions. Why create more greenhouse gas to ship products faster if they are to sit in a warehouse, awaiting sale? The idea of moving factories closer to where the products will be sold will create a more stable world economy and decrease the greenhouse gas of all the fossil fuels used in shipping.