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Climate scientist faces sack for refusing to fly to Germany from Solomon Islands archipelago (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But we're talking about passengers, not cargo, so the relevant numbers are CO2 per passenger-km.

Which changes the efficiency - because while you can cram people tightly for a 12h flight, you can't do that for a few weeks journey.

https://travelandclimate.org/transport-calculations

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2006/dec/20/cruises.green