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CO2 emissions in the upper atmosphere are generally accepted to require a ~2.6X multiplier when measuring impact FWIW. So if you were going to sequester that C
by pengaru 4y ago
CO2 emissions in the upper atmosphere are generally accepted to require a ~2.6X multiplier when measuring impact FWIW.
So if you were going to sequester that CO2 in some conscience-clearing "I'm carbon neutral!" exercise, I suppose you'd have to sequester 2.6 times the amount your private jet emitted.
And that's still ignoring the social/network effects of your behavior, which are arguably non-zero. i.e. high-roller high-visibility douche bags flying constantly encourages others to behave more in a similar fashion. "at least I'm not flying as much as that Elon guy - books flight for just a dinner somewhere different"
- graeme 4y agoFair point, changes the cost to to a bit over 4 million euros. Maybe make that $7.5 million dollars? And yeah to do this ethically you’d probably want to publicly support sequestering your own usage, say how to do it, and then you’d likely have a net positive impact. So I’m down with people criticizing him for hyping his environmental contributions while not doing it on this point. My main point is that the overall costs are not extravagant given his position. That said, they may well come to look extravagant depending how badly the Tesla bubble bursts….