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https://www.edf.org/travel-footprint-calculator https://www.edf.org/travel-footprint-calculator I ran some numbers and the air travel looks seriously trivial c

• dag11 4y ago
  Do note that that calculator uses different units for air travel and car travel. It uses MtCO2e for air and kgCO2e for car travel. When I went to the calculator I saw the same as you, but it turns out that with a few dozen flights a year that's still a few times the carbon (once converted to kg) generated by my electric vehicle (presumably from avg power plant emissions).
  • SapporoChris 4y ago
    You are correct and I thank you for the correction. The grand total miscalculates and mislead me. Also, wow, air travel is stunningly carbon expensive.
• omniglottal 4y ago
  Given this data point about the average, it would be appropriate to establish, then, whether this individual has an above- or below-average footprint. This individual happens to have an extremely above-average usage of air travel, so it follows reason to not treat their usage as though "average" represents it accurately or could be used as a valid comparative reference.