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[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’ll definitely save the world.

[–] deranger@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Considering aviation is 2.5% of global CO2 emissions, you could get rid of all the aviation emissions and still be very far off from saving anything.

[–] joelthelion@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And yet they are part of the obvious low hanging fruit for reducing emissions

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Are they obvious? If they account for 2.5%, shouldn't the focus be on something that doesn't produce an emotional response (i.e. planes burn so much fuel! They bad for environment!) But is a bigger contributor to polution?

Ships come to mind. Biggest 5 polute as much as all cars on earth. Yet car electrification is brough on constantly in the discourse, when using bunker fuel on ships is met wirh silence

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh no, it's such a low reduction! Might as well do nothing then.

[–] deranger@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I’m not saying “do nothing”. I’m saying efforts are better spent elsewhere as they’ll have much more dramatic effect.

Air travel should be addressed after massive emitters like industrial sources. Otherwise we’re going to greatly disrupt the lives of normal people trying to see their grandma for very little benefit.