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One decent flight is more than pretty much everything else combined, people forget this far too much. Most of the people that try to offset their footprint are
by lugg 12y ago
One decent flight is more than pretty much everything else combined, people forget this far too much. Most of the people that try to offset their footprint are the same damn people that feel the need to fly around the world every couple of years.
For lack of a more credible source,
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2010/sep/09/carbon-emissions-planes-shipping http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2010/sep/09/carb...
- ptaipale 12y agoFor a slightly more provocative example for what is a "decent" flight, see http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-21/billionaire-greene-goes-long-on-u-s-while-bemoaning-jobs-crisis http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-21/billionair... “America’s lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence,” Greene said in an interview today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “We need to reinvent our whole system of life.” This was said by "Greene, who flew his wife, children and two nannies on a private jet plane to Davos for the week". OK, he not only made a speech but also had a dinner with Tony Blair so it wasn't just for that speech.
- happyscrappy 12y agoSo the TSA is harassing those who are ruining the planet.
- pyre 12y agoThey're doing God's work! /s