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Its total effect is far from trivial. Our atmosphere is six miles thick, with only 2-to-3 miles or so of breathable air. And I don't call anything "offensive",
by MrMcCall 2y ago
Its total effect is far from trivial. Our atmosphere is six miles thick, with only 2-to-3 miles or so of breathable air.
And I don't call anything "offensive", because I cannot be offended by what anyone does to me or anyone else. That said, what they or anyone is doing has a moral weight to it, being, to some degree, either selfish or compassionate. That is the measure of every human activity, our every choice.
- card_zero 2y agoI mean, it's generally offensive, not necessarily to you or me, just to people. And I suppose we have to bear the relatively recently discovered warming effect of contrails, but in terms of carbon emissions, ourworldindata assigns aviation as a whole only a very thin slice of the emissions pie. But you're apparently talking about, what, PAHs that might give somebody cancer? Not a big deal proportionately, I think, unless you work at an airport.