• thisfro@slrpnk.net
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    2 years ago

    I totally agree with your statement, however, the data seems wrong. A Copenhagen-Tokyo roundtrip emits 2.7t of CO2 (myclimate.org) and the per capita emissions of Denmark are 5t of CO2 per year. So the trip amounts to half the yearly emissions, which is still significant though.

    Especially in the context of the article and Europe, flying is of course even worse, since many alternatives exist.

    Generally the per capita emissions should be around 0.6t to stay within the planetary limits. So yeah, flying really isn’t great in any way.

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      2 years ago

      Ah my bad, you’re right, seems the source I was looking at last time was incorrect, but yeah that’s still a lot of CO2

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        IRC it’s roughly equivalent to the amount of CO2 emitted by a cat during its lifetime.

        Sorry Mr. Purrsalot. Daddy needs a holiday. Don’t worry, it’ll be over soon.