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For most hacker news types, I would bet air travel was the vast majority of their emissions - probably putting them well over the average, even if they bike to
by cm2012 9y ago
For most hacker news types, I would bet air travel was the vast majority of their emissions - probably putting them well over the average, even if they bike to the city daily.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/every-time-you-fly-you-trash-the-planet-and-theres-no-easy-fix/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/every-time-you-fly-you-...
- CalRobert 9y agoThat's true of myself. It's around 80% of our carbon footprint, depending on the year. We live on an island, which doesn't help. If there were a decent internet connection and I could work remotely I wouldn't mind a slow container ship for international travel.