I’m gonna be honest that is way less than I thought it would be
No1PaulKeatingfan on
> A report by the International Council on Clean Transportation shows that business jets generated as many emissions in 2023 as all the flights that departed from Heathrow Airport
Ouch.
> In 2023, that figure dropped to 19.5 million tons of CO₂e, although it is 25% higher than the figure from 10 years ago. As the number of commercial flights increased, this figure represents a lower percentage of all aviation emissions (just over 2% of the total)
> According to the researcher, “the figures suggest that private aviation activity is more volatile than commercial aviation, perhaps because it is less profit-driven: airlines have a strong incentive to optimize the number of trips their planes make each year by adjusting prices; private planes are likely to simply remain parked when demand drops.” Furthermore, 2023 was the year in which conventional commercial air routes returned to pre-pandemic levels.
Can we get that third runway now then?
Namington on
The fact that this issue gets significantly more attention than others that would offset climate change much more in absolute terms (e.g. downsize most consumer vehicles, phase out plastic in car tires, allow non-ethanol-based oxygenates in motor fuel) shows that, even among those who claim to be strongly pro-environmentalist, the vast majority don’t want to pursue avenues that will directly affect their personal lifestyles. Private jets are a resource consumed by _other_ people, so they’re an easy target, but most people aren’t gonna stop eating beef.
Though it’s true regardless that private jets are very inefficient in terms of utility-provided-to-environmental-damage ratio. It would be reasonable to tax them proportionately — which, of course, a general carbon tax with funds redistributed as a dividend or allocated towards environmental initiatives could achieve equitably.
Spicey123 on
so literally nothing
datums on
If you think about it for more than five seconds, you will realize that this is a useless metric, and absolutely shit data science.
isummonyouhere on
and each car emits as much as 177 bicycles. actually way more I bet
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I’m gonna be honest that is way less than I thought it would be
> A report by the International Council on Clean Transportation shows that business jets generated as many emissions in 2023 as all the flights that departed from Heathrow Airport
Ouch.
> In 2023, that figure dropped to 19.5 million tons of CO₂e, although it is 25% higher than the figure from 10 years ago. As the number of commercial flights increased, this figure represents a lower percentage of all aviation emissions (just over 2% of the total)
> According to the researcher, “the figures suggest that private aviation activity is more volatile than commercial aviation, perhaps because it is less profit-driven: airlines have a strong incentive to optimize the number of trips their planes make each year by adjusting prices; private planes are likely to simply remain parked when demand drops.” Furthermore, 2023 was the year in which conventional commercial air routes returned to pre-pandemic levels.
Can we get that third runway now then?
The fact that this issue gets significantly more attention than others that would offset climate change much more in absolute terms (e.g. downsize most consumer vehicles, phase out plastic in car tires, allow non-ethanol-based oxygenates in motor fuel) shows that, even among those who claim to be strongly pro-environmentalist, the vast majority don’t want to pursue avenues that will directly affect their personal lifestyles. Private jets are a resource consumed by _other_ people, so they’re an easy target, but most people aren’t gonna stop eating beef.
Though it’s true regardless that private jets are very inefficient in terms of utility-provided-to-environmental-damage ratio. It would be reasonable to tax them proportionately — which, of course, a general carbon tax with funds redistributed as a dividend or allocated towards environmental initiatives could achieve equitably.
so literally nothing
If you think about it for more than five seconds, you will realize that this is a useless metric, and absolutely shit data science.
and each car emits as much as 177 bicycles. actually way more I bet