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Posts Tagged ‘flying’
Climate Change, Politics, Jul 5th, 2011,
In 1991 American industrialist Warren Buffet stated that in over 100 years of human flight, investors had never made any money from the airline industry. So if flying is a net loss industry, which has historically relied on government subsidies, why is it at the same times taxed so heavily? Conversely, if flying is such a money-loser as well as a huge climate change driver, why is it so heavily subsidized? I’m guessing it has something to due with lobbying by other groups within the tourism industry, including the governments of popular destinations and of course the airlines themselves. Such…
Tags: airlines, carbon, co2, emissions, EU, flying, tax, trading scheme
Uncategorized, Oct 20th, 2010,
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' src='http://gf1.statico.be/wp-content/themes/greenfudge/thumbnails/2240.jpg' alt='its-raining-bloody-bears-%e2%80%93-plane-stupids-polarizing-anti-flying-ads' class='art-teaser' width='95' height='95' /> Cute, furry and vulnerable despite being the largest land dwelling carnivore species on the planet, polar bears have become icons for climate change. Now they are being used in a controversial new anti flying campaign by the environmental activist group Plane Stupid. If it’s attention they want, it seems to be working. According to Plane Stupid, ‘It’s really not about polar bears anymore’, but the depiction of giant CGI bears plummeting to a grizzly end on the streets of New York City certainly makes an impression: CGI has certainly come a long way. It also makes me feel bit guilty…
Tags: ad, controversial, flying, Plane Stupid, polar bear
Climate Change, Science & Technology, Jul 20th, 2010,
Pipe dreams of a future of eco-friendly travel go up in smoke when you look at the projected numbers for air travel. In short, total emissions from flying are set to skyrocket. The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner is being touted as 20% more fuel efficient than its rivals, lighter and more durable due to it’s carbon fiber composite construction, with better air quality, more leg room, larger windows and a quieter, more comfortable ride. But according to a report by the Associated Press, Boeing says it will be in the air for another 50 years. That’s a long time, even…
Tags: A380, air, Airbus, airliner, Boeing, carbon, Dreamliner, emissions, flying, fuel, future, Green, greener, IATA, travel
Climate Change, Green living, Dec 9th, 2009,
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' src='http://gf3.statico.be/wp-content/themes/greenfudge/thumbnails/2411.jpg' alt='carbon-confusion-whats-the-best-way-to-help-the-environment' class='art-teaser' width='95' height='95' /> A recent piece in the London Times entitled ‘After lunch we’ll save the planet’ documents a project that set out to calculate the carbon footprints of four families living in the U.K. It came up with some interesting results. The families consider themselves to be living generally Green lifestyles and are conspicuously upper middle class. How they go about being ‘eco-friendly’ differs, but the overall picture is a curious mix of luxury, admirable effort, frustration and sacrifice. They really want to be Green and exemplary, but they also have a lot of money and like the rest of us, are…
Tags: BBC, carbon, carbon footprint, environment, flying, Green, Martin Wright, rainforest
Climate Change, Science & Technology, Sep 25th, 2009,
We already know that airplanes emit a lot of CO2. But how much of an environmental impact does flying have when compared to other modes of transport? What about offsetting the carbon footprint of flying by participating in ecotourism or running planes on biodiesel? Besides CO2, airplanes emit water vapor, nitrous oxides, sulfate, and soot. Since this takes place much higher in the atmosphere than emissions that come from other sources, their effects are more harmful. Additionally, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that the climate impact of aircraft is between two and four times higher than just…
Tags: aviation, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, Climate change, co2, ecotourism, emissions, flying, Green
