Posted: Sep 24, 2018 10:19 am
Ummm they don't fly 737s to Brisbane. I fly 787s with the same fuel efficiency per person as a Prius with four passengers aboard.
http://gcaircharter.com/2016/10/12/fuel ... -aircraft/
I fly twice a year....about 28,000 km.....so that's equivalent of me driving a Prius for 7,000 km annually.
Total Car Footprint = 0.76 metric tons of CO2
https://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/11 ... sins-worst
And I don't drive to work. My business is in my house.....and it's the same for one of my staff.
Our electric power is 99% carbon neutral with the occasional hot day fill from gas turbines,. We burn no coal.
I do have gas heat...with a 95% efficient furnace but that's still likely 6 -8 tons of carbon for heating but the computers add so much heat that it's likely much lower.
To sum up, Modern aircraft are remarkably fuel efficient and deliver lower fuel consumption per passenger than passenger cars.
http://gcaircharter.com/2016/10/12/fuel ... -aircraft/
I fly twice a year....about 28,000 km.....so that's equivalent of me driving a Prius for 7,000 km annually.
Total Car Footprint = 0.76 metric tons of CO2
A typical cost for rigorously certified offsets from reputable vendors is around $9–$15 USD per ton of CO2e (“CO2 -equivalent,” the standard unit of measure for greenhouse gases)
https://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx
Passenger jets are in fact significantly more efficient than automobiles, if you measure on a passenger-mile basis.
And, if you’re worried about your personal carbon footprint, getting on a plane from New York to LA may actually put less carbon into the air than driving to work tomorrow.
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/11 ... sins-worst
And I don't drive to work. My business is in my house.....and it's the same for one of my staff.
Our electric power is 99% carbon neutral with the occasional hot day fill from gas turbines,. We burn no coal.
I do have gas heat...with a 95% efficient furnace but that's still likely 6 -8 tons of carbon for heating but the computers add so much heat that it's likely much lower.