Re:Flight risk: can we take the carbon out of air travel?
by esotericn on Monday September 02, 2019 @07:54PM
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Driving and flying have approximately the same emissions assuming 1 person in the car.
A bog standard 100g/km car would emit 600kg to go 6000km; a passenger flying London-New York also emits approximately the same. (Obviously you can't drive London-NY, it's an example).
Short haul, as you say, it tips in favour of the car. Multiple people and it becomes a no brainer.
Then take into account the fact that tons of journeys would simply not happen. It's common for people to jet around Europe for weekend trips. No-one would drive that.
I have a sense that US domestic flights tend to skew discussion on this.
A bog standard 100g/km car would emit 600kg to go 6000km; a passenger flying London-New York also emits approximately the same. (Obviously you can't drive London-NY, it's an example).
Short haul, as you say, it tips in favour of the car. Multiple people and it becomes a no brainer.
Then take into account the fact that tons of journeys would simply not happen. It's common for people to jet around Europe for weekend trips. No-one would drive that.
I have a sense that US domestic flights tend to skew discussion on this.