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> [The airline industry] says the annual 860 million tonnes of CO2 the industry currently generates is only 2% of world emissions. Is that correct? I have alwa
by imgabe 7y ago
> [The airline industry] says the annual 860 million tonnes of CO2 the industry currently generates is only 2% of world emissions.
Is that correct? I have always heard that flying was one of the absolute worst things you could do as far as generating CO2 and that a single international flight is like the same as a year of normal living in terms of generating CO2.
If that's the case, where is the bulk of emissions coming from?
- Mountain_Skies 7y agoIn transportation, cargo ships. It's claimed the 15 largest cargo ships pollute more than 50 million cars combined. But for CO2 it's apparently still a single digit contribution. Lots of individual sources are adding up to the global total.
- maelito 7y agoOnly the CO2. Does not include the rest of the radiative forcing (mainly water vapour). So the 2% is not a measure of climate change impact. It's a misleading fact.