Post #4279746
2026-07-31 11:53 UTC
#carbonBombing 2/n
…One of the heaviest bombed places in WW2 was Dresden in eastern Germany, near the borders with Nazi-occupied Poland and Czechoslovakia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden
The distance from Scampton in Lincolnshire to Dresden is 1,000 km.
Apparently, the incendiary bombs dropped typically weighed 1.8kg, although the RAF later developed a ‘Superflamer’ 14kg bomb: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incendiary_device#Development_and_use_in_World_War_II
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@urlyman@mastodon.social 2026-07-31 12:04
#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.”