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I don't think this is a 1% problem, the problem is simply that aviation produces a lot of emissions, or put another way, we should expect 1% of people (or some
by kypro 6y ago
I don't think this is a 1% problem, the problem is simply that aviation produces a lot of emissions, or put another way, we should expect 1% of people (or some equally small fraction of the population) do 50% of most things.
As for tackling the emissions problem, why can't we introduce an emissions tax on the aviation industry to fund investment into carbon capture technologies to offset emissions? It seems to me the costs of carbon capture could quite easily be passed onto the consumer in this case given I know so many people who buy flights just because they're cheap.
- AnimalMuppet 6y ago> we should expect 1% of people (or some equally small fraction of the population) do 50% of most things. I wouldn't expect 1% of people to produce half of auto emissions. I wouldn't expect 1% of people to consume half of the electricity.
- kypro 6y agoI suspect the 1% are mostly people travelling for business not purely leisure. If you consider the amount of auto emissions say a truck driver in the US emits compared to most of the world where even access to auto mobiles is expensive, I wouldn't be that surprised personally. That's that's why I included, "(or some equally small fraction of the population)". We should expect a small percentage in any sample like this to be extreme outliers. We call them "power users" in tech, but the same applies to most activities.
- justnotworthit 6y agoCommentor is probably thinking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_distribution