Post #4279745
2026-07-31 12:04 UTC
#carbonBombing 3/n
…Estimates of commercial aviation CO2 emissions vary. https://www.sostenibilidadambiental.com/suite/en/ecology/flight-emissions-calculator/ says:
“A short flight can emit 251 g of CO2 per km, while a long one emits 195 g/km.”
But it’s much worse due to radiative forcing:
“Aviation contributes to global warming not only through CO2, but also through a series of non-carbon related effects. These factors, known as ‘radiative forcing’, can double the climate impact of a flight, according to a study by the German Aerospace Center.”
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@urlyman@mastodon.social 2026-07-31 12:13
#carbonBombing 4/n …Globally, average aircraft occupancy is about 135 people: https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/116946809548817236 So we can perhaps extrapolate. A ‘short haul’ flight from London Heathrow to Berlin (also about 1,000 km), carrying 135 passengers, might emit 250 kg of CO2 (250g x 1,000 km). Which is about 1.85 kg per person. And that is a *carbon bomb* equivalent to 1 small incendiary dropped on Dresden in 1945. But it’s not a bomb, because we can’t see it, right? #climateDiary