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		yread on Dec 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What frequent fliers do for status Note that your emissions per km are 2-3 times higher when driving than when flying (and the infrastructure and car manufacturing are probably even worse)

daureg on Dec 24, 2022 [–]

do you a source for that? That sounds surprising to me https://www.statista.com/statistics/1185559/carbon-footprint...

yread on Dec 25, 2022 | [–]

Sorry, you're right I was thinking of just the fuel consumption, but with radiative forcing planes end up about the same as single passenger cars

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