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As a percentage of emissions of CO2 what does the airline industry contribute?
by easytiger 6y ago
As a percentage of emissions of CO2 what does the airline industry contribute?
- yread 6y agoIncluding radiative forcing and other effects something on the order of 4%. Not life changing but current carbon budget imbalance is only about 4.5% of anthropogenic CO2, so if we cut it out completely we could slow CO2 growth significantly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_aviation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_aviati... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle#/media/File:Anthropogenic_carbon_flows_1850-2018.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle#/media/File:Anthr...
- easytiger 6y agoplenty of things can become vastly lower in CO2 contribution, flying is not yet one of them. It is merely a bogyman for a tribal train of thought