The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max crisis

Re:The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max cr... by newnewpdro on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:21PM (#21972844)

In terms of impact there's a generally accepted ~2.7X multiplier applied to flight emissions:

"Among the reasons for this focus is that these emissions, because they are made at high altitude, have a climate impact that is commonly estimated to be 2.7 higher than the same emissions if made at ground-level." [0]

So you can look at 2-3% of co2, or you can look at impact and if we use the co2 proportion as a proxy of overall emissions, ~8% in terms of impact - and growing fast.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermobility_(travel)

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Re:The McDonnell Douglas-Boeing merger led to the 737 Max cr... by iso1210 on Monday January 06, 2020 @06:24PM (#21974699)

I wonder what the emissions from a methane powered suborbital BFR is compared with a 16 hour flight, especially if that methane was generated from CO2 extraction from the air using renewable sources of electricity.

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