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The answer depends on whom you ask
How much global warming results from air travel? |
Clark Williams-Derry |
18 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Over the past few days, I've been trying to pull together some data on how airplane travel affects global warming, as part of a broader project on transportation and climate change. My stunningly obvious conclusion: it's complicated. Worse, different calculation methods yield wildly different results. Take, for instance, this brilliant chart (below) from the Stockholm Environment Institute, comparing many of the major online emissions calculators. Emis ... |
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| Topics: energy, climate, air travel, travel, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics) |
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