Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall
by rayiner on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @01:06PM
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Aviation accounts for just 2% of global carbon emissions: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/1/11/1817711.... The plastics industry will burn through 14% of remaining carbon budget: https://www.desmogblog.com/2019/05/15/plastics-industry-clim...
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Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall
by tmalsburg2 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @01:13PM
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Aviation hurts the climate in multiple ways of which CO2 emissions are just one. Vapor trails apparently contribute even more to anthropogenic climate change. Overall the contribution of aviation is estimated to be 5%.
Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall
by adrianN on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @01:54AM
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Aviation is a small factor globally because almost nobody can afford to fly. For a typical westerner like me, a transatlantic flight per year roughly doubles my carbon footprint. Similarly, meat is a really big factor globally, because most people can afford to eat some meat, but for a westerner it makes up a much smaller (but still signifacent...) fraction of the pie because I use so much energy compared to a villager in India.
Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall
by marcosdumay on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @03:29PM
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Those are 2 very different measures. You can't compare them.