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Thanks, Charlie.  This is important info for institutional as well as
personal choices.

Has anyone tried to calculate their institution's total carbon footprint,
including transportation, food, etc.?  I suspect that for many museums,
institutional air travel and food services may both have larger carbon
footprints than the exhibits, offices, lighting, etc.

FYI, here's a handy interactive map for calculating carbon footprints of
specific flights, including the effects of radiative forcing:
http://www.chooseclimate.org/flying/mapcalc.html

-Richard

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> Here's a useful article.  The graphic is particularly clear.
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/sunday-review/the-biggest-carbon-sin-air-travel.html?_r=0
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