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Re:One meteorologist explains why he won’t fly again by rjshade on Sunday October 06, 2013 @02:18PM (#6504865)
There's an interesting response to this, in which the author argues that "for the sake of the planet, please fly!":

http://qz.com/131024/its-ok-to-have-a-big-carbon-footprint-a...

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Re:One meteorologist explains why he won’t fly again by scotty79 on Sunday October 06, 2013 @03:59PM (#6505218)
> http://qz.com/131024/its-ok-to-have-a-big-carbon-footprint-a...

It's bit like saying "it's ok to each caviar at charity dinner". It may be right economically but it's very morally shady if costs of caviar and benefits it brings to fundraiser aren't carefully, unambiguously calculated.

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