Comment by ant6n Comment by ant6n 4 days ago 5 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News The greenhouse effects of flying is about 3-5x the effect of just burning the fuel.
Copy Link mierz00 3 days ago Next Collapse Comment - Could you explain why this is? Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link mercutio2 3 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - Water vapor in the stratosphere has a very high radiative forcing. Offset somewhat by particulates in the upper atmosphere.Cirrus clouds and contrails have a distinct, and large, additional forcing. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link mercutio2 3 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - Water vapor in the stratosphere has a very high radiative forcing. Offset somewhat by particulates in the upper atmosphere.Cirrus clouds and contrails have a distinct, and large, additional forcing. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link amadeusw 4 days ago Prev Collapse Comment - What do you mean by this? What else than burning the fuel contributes to the greenhouse effect? Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link Aeolun 3 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - Building the airplanes? Servicing them? Heating the airports? Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link DiscourseFan 3 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - That's nebulous, are we going to claim that for all industrial processes? Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link Aeolun 3 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - Building the airplanes? Servicing them? Heating the airports? Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link DiscourseFan 3 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - That's nebulous, are we going to claim that for all industrial processes? Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link DiscourseFan 3 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - That's nebulous, are we going to claim that for all industrial processes? Reply View | 0 replies
Could you explain why this is?