Which part don't you get? stuff means resources that needs to be mined, purified, transported, processed into some form, assembled into final product. All this employs tons of people but also causes tons of pollution.
> Ultimately burning coal for power generation and using oil for transport are the main culprits.
And all the stuff mentioned requires both. Huge transport ships produce more pollution than all cars of the world combined. But many like to buy 0.99$ gadgets from China, shipping included, right?
> Huge transport ships produce more pollution than all cars of the world combined.
That's not really true. They produce more of one type. (SO2) But certainly not more by volume, or by GHG content.
That said, shipping uses bunker oil, which is a nasty piece of work.
And we should transition to electrified rail based shipping, powered by nuclear and renewables. But Hawaii is out of luck, at least Eurasia can be connected to the Americas sort of easily at the Bering strait.
> Ultimately burning coal for power generation and using oil for transport are the main culprits.
And all the stuff mentioned requires both. Huge transport ships produce more pollution than all cars of the world combined. But many like to buy 0.99$ gadgets from China, shipping included, right?