One of the commenters on the article put it in perspective: 144 Falcon launches is less than the emissions of just the flights that take off from O'Hare in a s

One of the commenters on the article put it in perspective: 144 Falcon launches is less than the emissions of just the flights that take off from O'Hare in a single day. 1) Fully fueled Falcon 9 uses about 180,000kg of RP-1 2) 144 flights totals 24,920,000kg 3) O'Hare has about 1000 flights a day (about 900 domestic, 100 international) 4) 737 holds about 20,000kg of fuel (The 747 can hold 160,000kg) 5) 90/10 split gives a total of 34,000,000kg