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As a normal consumer, air travel would just definitely be a significant portion of your emissions. One round trip trans Atlantic fight would be comparable to on
by j7ake 10y ago
As a normal consumer, air travel would just definitely be a significant portion of your emissions. One round trip trans Atlantic fight would be comparable to one years worth of commute by car.
The units that really matter are tons of co2 equivalent.
- mikeash 10y agoYour personal share of that trip (ignoring cargo and such) would be about half a ton of CO2. Per capita emissions in the US are about 17 tons. The portion isn't negligible, but it's not all that great. For comparison, the average American drives about 12,000 miles per year and gets around 25MPG, resulting in CO2 emissions of around 5 tons. If you want to cut CO2, your efforts are best spent on electricity generation, heating, and road transportation.