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ant6n
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Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with s...
The greenhouse effects of flying is about 3-5x the effect of just burning the fuel.
mierz00
5 months ago
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Could you explain why this is?
mercutio2
5 months ago
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Water vapor in the stratosphere has a very high radiative forcing. Offset somewhat by particulates in the upper atmosphere.
Cirrus clouds and contrails have a distinct, and large, additional forcing.
amadeusw
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What do you mean by this? What else than burning the fuel contributes to the greenhouse effect?
Aeolun
5 months ago
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Building the airplanes? Servicing them? Heating the airports?
DiscourseFan
5 months ago
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That's nebulous, are we going to claim that for all industrial processes?
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