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> So then people who pay the higher fares for first and business class are
> contributing more to loading the atmosphere with co, methane et al. and the
> airlines have more money to pay for carbon offsets/taxes and I sitting in
> economy with my relatively cheap seat can feel better about flying?
>
> Martin
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Richard O Brown <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
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>> Because the carbon footprint of flying depends on the density of
>> passengers.  For example, a 747 carrying 600 passengers would be a lot
>> more
>> efficient (per passenger-mile) than the same plane carrying only 200
>> passengers.  When a plane has both high and low density sections, the
>> carbon footprint depends on the density you choose.
>>
>> Some organizations are now requiring economy flight as part of their
>> climate programs, see for example
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/17/foreign-office-10-10-economy-flights
>>
>> -Richard
>>
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