As the article says, "air travel accounts for about 2.5 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions". It is responsible for ~5% of climate change, according to the IPCC. If we build a lot of nuclear power plants, we can still eat steak and fly all we want. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/climate/air-travel-emissions.html …
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The inability to talk honestly about relative magnitudes led to stupid stuff like the "we're running out of landfills" panic of the 1990's, the ban on straws and aviation-shaming today, and will lead to a backlash where we are all driving Hummers in a Venus-like environment
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(If you are someone campaigning against commercial air travel who opposes nuclear power, you should be put on the no-fly list.)
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I like to eat steak that has that thick charred crust because it means I'm doing just a little bit more to fight climate change.
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