GROSS: 16-year-old climate activist sets sail for the U.S. and, apparently, she'll pollute the ocean during the ENTIRE VOYAGE

16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg is on her way to America aboard the solar-powered racing yacht Malizia II:

Greta Thunberg departs Plymouth, onboard the Malizia II, a solar-powered racing yacht, bound for a climate conference in New Yorkhttps://t.co/LyP4G7kjAA pic.twitter.com/I6DnBrSzJe

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 14, 2019

But it’s not going to be an easy journey for the 16-year-old with no sailing experience:

"I might feel a bit sea sick and it's not going to be comfortable"

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg will spend two weeks travelling across the North Atlantic on a boat to attend a crucial climate change conference in New York

[tap to expand] https://t.co/e9XrVVjBhN pic.twitter.com/NMxVM9abSV

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 13, 2019

The voyage, which will reportedly have no carbon emissions, will be quite high on, um, fecal emissions. According to that BBC video, she and the crew will relieve themselves in this bucket and, we assume, just throw it overboard:

Exit question: Does she vomit into the same bucket she poops in or is there a second bucket for that?

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