Rick Steves Wants to Save the World, One Vacation at a Time

Re:Rick Steves Wants to Save the World, One Vacation at a Time by Youden on Friday March 22, 2019 @12:30PM (#19464169)

As an alternative, you could offset your carbon emissions. If this site can be trusted, $1 = 1 tree = 21.7kg CO2 sequestered per year: https://onetreeplanted.org/

So for $111, you can fly once a year without a net carbon impact. That's so small relative to the cost of the flight you could do it every time you fly.

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Re:Rick Steves Wants to Save the World, One Vacation at a Time by frabbit on Saturday March 23, 2019 @10:56AM (#19470697)

The tree needs to grow to maturity to sequester the CO2 and when it dies be replaced by others. If you have ever gardened you will be aware that planting of x seedlings results in less-than-x mature plants.

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Re:Rick Steves Wants to Save the World, One Vacation at a Time by mrnobody_67 on Friday March 22, 2019 @02:22PM (#19465379)

You realize most American people don't have even $400 in savings, right?

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