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People really shouldn't fly, it's terrible for the environment
by kalleboo 5y ago
People really shouldn't fly, it's terrible for the environment
- ghaff 5y agoPeople should really only walk. Anything else is bad for the environment. Though really eating is bad for the environment too.
- seanp2k2 5y agoYou know what are terrible for the environment? Children. All those plastic diapers and formula bags and disposable everything. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/sustainable-living/climate-crisis-children-family-planning-b1889373.html https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/sustainable-liv...
- FooBarBizBazz 5y ago"Flying is bad. Walk." "Eating is bad." "Children are bad." The answer, clearly, is to be a pedestrian who eats children.
- astrange 5y agoIt's better than the same planeload of people driving there.
- jakear 5y agoTaking individual cars, perhaps. But if you put two people in a Prius you’ll save on emissions relative the the same two flying. Based on [1], flying is roughly 75 passenger-miles per gallon. Prius is 45 MPG, perhaps ~40 under load. So if you have more than one person in your group, better off driving. The argument could be made that if you don’t board, that plane will still fly and consume the same fuel, but of course the numbers only matter en masse anyways. [1] https://www.blueskymodel.org/air-mile# https://www.blueskymodel.org/air-mile#
- glogla 5y agoThe trouble is Prius is not the best at going over the ocean.