Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many...
by nkurz on Monday July 29, 2019 @09:05AM
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I don't contest your overall point, but this calculator suggests that the actual CO2 contribution by an economy class round trip flight from NYC to London is twice that amount (2.1 tons): https://co2.myclimate.org/en/portfolios?calculation_id=22461...
Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many...
by mytailorisrich on Monday July 29, 2019 @09:43AM
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Thanks, I must have confused single and return trip.
Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many...
by adrianN on Monday July 29, 2019 @05:15AM
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I agree that we shouldn't focus on behavioral changes when the important part is an unprecedented buildout of renewable energy and improvements in building insulation and transport efficiency. I still think that choosing not to fly is one of the easiest things one can do as a westerner that has a reasonably big impact.
Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many...
by wccrawford on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:53AM
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They're saying that the flight produces that much, period. Not per person on the flight.
While I do think it's mentioned more than it should be, it can't be denied that it's a major factor.
Yes, that's the usual 'argument' except that this does not even seem to be true (return flight from London to New York seems to emit about 1t per passenger when a typical Brit otherwise contributes 7+t, so that's 1/14th of personal annual emissions per flight).
In any case, not everyone flies over the Atlantic every year, so that overall and in the grand scheme of things aviation should not be held as a priority.
Focusing on aviation is a distraction.