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Why do we care? That’s like being concerned about wood being used to build ships in the 15th century. The carbon footprint of all of the private jets that flew
by briandear 9y ago
Why do we care? That’s like being concerned about wood being used to build ships in the 15th century. The carbon footprint of all of the private jets that flew to the Paris Climate talks dwarfs anything put out by a rocket, yet were people interested in emissions suggesting WebEx instead?
- dredmorbius 9y agoWood consumption for shipbuilding, inclusive of charcoal for iron and brass manufacture, was actually a consideerable concern at the time.
- baud147258 9y agoIt was a concern because of the availability of ressources, not because of ecological concerns.
- dredmorbius 9y agoOddly, those two are not unrelated. Also: it was, as you note, a concern. That being my point.
- mikeash 9y agoI don’t think either rockets or private jets are worth fretting about when it comes to climate change, but I’ve seen a lot of people suggest that flying to compare conferences is hypocritical and everyone should just videoconference over the internet instead.