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Flying is ocean pollution. By emitting that large amount of co2, you are disrupting the ocean co2 flux, reducing o2 available and causing acidification. The wa
by thatcat 9y ago
Flying is ocean pollution.
By emitting that large amount of co2, you are disrupting the ocean co2 flux, reducing o2 available and causing acidification. The warming caused by the thermal capacity of the co2 melts the polar ice , cooling the oceans and reducing their salinity. Plastic is relatively a small problem.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoAgreed, but air travel is only 5% of global emissions. There is much more low hanging fruit in electric vehicles and moving building HVAC to electricity (AC and heat pumps). Eliminate natural gas and fuel oil for heating, eliminate petroleum for moving people and goods around, and start feeding cows seaweed to reduce their methane emissions by 95%. Air travel research has shown biofuels are production ready, but it’s not cost competitive yet, although that’s a market failure through the externalization of emission costs.