merrysage@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoExtremely wealthy college friend refused to take the bus / train for this weekend triplemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageExtremely wealthy college friend refused to take the bus / train for this weekend triplemmy.worldmerrysage@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-text
It’s not even that long & it would’ve been fun to have a roadtrip. Flew the jet for ~1h instead. Useless pollution.
minus-squareuser134450@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoIf you replace a short haul flight with a ride on a train you could easily cut carbon emissions by 75% Source
minus-squareJuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoInteresting! Thanks for the source. It looks like short haul flights actually produce 12% less emissions than driving.
minus-squareuser134450@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoThat is mostly because those numbers take the average occupancy level into account. Cars are rarely driven with a passenger in every available seat.
If you replace a short haul flight with a ride on a train you could easily cut carbon emissions by 75% Source
Interesting! Thanks for the source.
It looks like short haul flights actually produce 12% less emissions than driving.
That is mostly because those numbers take the average occupancy level into account. Cars are rarely driven with a passenger in every available seat.