Elite group of yacht owners help scientists study global warming - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com

The floating palaces set to line South Florida’s docks next week will offer plenty of luxury features, from hot tubs to helipads.

But only a select few of the yachts in town for the Miami International Boat Show will boast an innovative option that allows owners do a little something good for the planet as they cruise the playgrounds of the rich, famous and tanned.
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It’s not a group that attracts hard-core greens. Yachts guzzle fossil fuel - Golden Shadow, for instance, carries enough diesel for its twin 3,000-horse engines to fill two swimming pools - and there are no photos of injured marine life to make the pitch.