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Aviation overall is just 3.5% of emissions: https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2667/...

I'm not saying we should leave it as is, but there are easier and more impactful things to focus on.



Very few people fly. 3.5% of emissions can be cut just by inconviniencing a few. Sounds easy and will not impact many peple.


> just by inconviniencing a few.

I mean, if you ignore cargo, sure. If you don't ignore it nor that more fuel is being burned by an average cargo flight (due to more weight compared to a commercial flight), it'd inconvenience everyone.


Expect cargo flight are responsible for a fraction of CO2 emissions from commercial aviation[1].

If you really want to push there are solutions: Packages just take longer over sea (10-15 days) until we switch to an air ship (2-3) based transport system which doesn't have to pay so much energy of lifting.

[1] https://theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/CO2-com...


You can say this of just about everything. The problem is that everything needs to be cut down.




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