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You too can maximize your output of greenhouse gases. Edit: Changed from "impact on the ozone layer".
by mcantelon 16y ago
You too can maximize your output of greenhouse gases.
Edit: Changed from "impact on the ozone layer".
- mustpax 16y agoGreenhouse gases have nothing to do with the ozone layer. The ozone hole was caused by CFCs from refrigerants and spray cans.
- mcantelon 16y agoI stand corrected.
- sethg 16y agoI assume that JetBlue is making this offer for the same reason that any airline offers a discount tied to an abnormal schedule: they can’t sell enough full-price (or even normal-discount-price) tickets to fill their seats during September, but they don’t want to reduce the number of flights they offer, and once they’ve committed to flying the plane then the marginal cost per passenger is trivial. In other words, the plane is going to pump out those greenhouse gases whether it’s half full or three-quarters full, so your decision to accept this offer isn’t going to make much of a difference.
- philwelch 16y agoWell, it'll pump out slightly more greenhouse gases when it has to support the marginal weight of one additional passenger. But the marginal energy expenditure for one passenger is most likely pretty thin.