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Consider a world where every human traveled by plane like you do and where also every human used recycling as you do. Would you prefer living in that world?
by the8472 9y ago
Consider a world where every human traveled by plane like you do and where also every human used recycling as you do. Would you prefer living in that world?
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- paulryanrogers 9y agoNot the OP, but if jet fuel were more sustainable or electric planes more common then certainly. (I too feel conflicted about plane travel and it's long term impact.)
- 35bge57dtjku 9y agohttp://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_juice/2014/07/driving_vs_flying_which_is_more_harmful_to_the_environment.html http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_juice/2014/07/dri...
- darpa_escapee 9y ago> Consider a world where every human traveled by plane like you do and where also every human used recycling as you do. Would you prefer living in that world? According to the above article, one would prefer that. > The trend has continued so that in 2010, flying burned just 2,691 BTU per passenger mile—an improvement of 74 percent since 1970. That was 43 percent better than driving the average car, which gets about 21.5 miles per gallon (4,218 BTU per passenger mile)