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> According to that link, total domestic air travel carbon footprint in the UK would be negligible, compared to diesel engines. Should we not look at every sou

> According to that link, total domestic air travel carbon footprint in the UK would be negligible, compared to diesel engines. Should we not look at every source of emissions? Domestic air travel is something like 1% of global emissions and international is ~1.2% and both are growing significantly. > I would need to take several trains, buses, and board a ship, to see my family. Mine is not an exceptional case. Okay? I can take a 54 hour bus ride, I could drive, or I could fly. I just don't go. I'm not saying everyone should do this, but I also don't think we should continue looking at air travel the way we did prior to COVID. As I mentioned in another comment, how many consultants were flying twice a week to and from clients? How many flights were for handshakes and quick flights home? Those things being minimized gives us more margin for flights that "matter" - seeing family, etc.

manuelabeledo 5y ago
> Should we not look at every source of emissions? Absolutely. But right now, the solutions for land travel aren't available for air travel, and air travel is negligible, compared to land travel. My point here is that air travel is receiving a lot of hate, when it is not the main pollutant when it comes to modes of transportation, not by a long shot. > As I mentioned in another comment, how many consultants were flying twice a week to and from clients? How many flights were for handshakes and quick flights home? I agree with this position. Work travel has been pushed by the belief that face to face meetings are mostly indispensable, and COVID-19 proved that they are not. I also think that there is a component pushed and exacerbated by patronage networks.