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I think we're still puzzling it out, as there's both radiative forcing and contrails (the vapor, or condensation trails planes emit). If you check out these tw
by geewee 4y ago
I think we're still puzzling it out, as there's both radiative forcing and contrails (the vapor, or condensation trails planes emit).
If you check out these two emission factors from the UK government, one taking radiative forcing and contrails into effect and one not:
https://www.climatiq.io/explorer/emission-factor/domestic-flight-with-rf-effect-transport-air-travel-united-kingdom-2021-beis https://www.climatiq.io/explorer/emission-factor/domestic-fl...
https://www.climatiq.io/explorer/emission-factor/domestic-flight-without-rf-effect-transport-air-travel-united-kingdom-2021-beis https://www.climatiq.io/explorer/emission-factor/domestic-fl...
You'll see a noticeable difference, (almost a doubling)
Full disclaimer: Work at Climatiq, but the emission factors are not from us directly.