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I've used a number of carbon output calculators, and one of my major carbon outputs are two flights from the Inland Northwest to the Northeast part of the count
by moosey 8y ago
I've used a number of carbon output calculators, and one of my major carbon outputs are two flights from the Inland Northwest to the Northeast part of the country each year (work related). It seems that in the case of my travel, my lowest carbon option (according to at least one calculator I've used) is actually an economy ticket on an aircraft. It also clarified that for shorter trips, the greyhound bus is without equal.
I haven't been able to discover if this is something that is specific to the United States, or how that calculation is made. However, I am of the opinion that there is always a good reason to ride trains, particularly in the US: increased demand for train travel.
Other than those two flights, I have abandoned all long distance travel for the rest of my life, or until largely carbon neutral and safe travel exists. I believe that such technologies will be produced in the medium term.
- pacifist 8y agoThe problem with airplanes is that the carbon is released in exactly the wrong place[0] so your intuitions are correct. We are stuck between a rock and a hard place as far as air travel is concerned: don't fly and we lose a major component of global dimming[1], fly and and it puts CO2 in the upper atmosphere speeding us toward global warming on an apocalyptic scale. If you can read a graph you know we are in big trouble. [0] - https://globalwarmingisreal.com/2013/03/20/earthtalk-airplane-emissions-and-climate-change/ https://globalwarmingisreal.com/2013/03/20/earthtalk-airplan... [1] - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11218772_Climatology_Contrails_reduce_daily_temperature_range https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11218772_Climatolog...
- Tepix 8y agoReducing carbon output by traveling by train stead of plane is a super valid reason. It's probably the no. 1 reason why kerosene will eventually get high taxes on it worldwide (the sooner the better).