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How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint on Your Next Flight
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2799" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/how-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint-on-flights" target="_blank"><strong>How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint on Your Next Flight - Thrillist</strong></a></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Carbon offsetting isn’t a perfect solution, but it is an easy way to give back.</strong></p><p></p><p>One of the most pressing issues we’ll face in our lifetime, the whole topic of climate change is extremely doom-and-gloom. That sense of dread and overwhelming helplessness is fully warranted—no matter how vigilant you are about recycling and turning off the lights when you leave a room, it begs the question: What can one person do?</p><p></p><p>If you like to travel, and often do so by plane, prepare yourself for more grim news: Air travel is one of the biggest perpetrators of climate change. According to the EPA,<a href="https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-the-growth-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-commercial-aviation" target="_blank"> aircrafts contribute 12% of US transportation emissions</a>, approximately 3% of the country’s total greenhouse gas production. Every time you hop on a plane, you contribute to that rising statistic.</p><p></p><p>On the one hand, you want to stop the glaciers from melting...but on the other, you kinda want to <a href="https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/best-natural-iceland-attractions" target="_blank">go to Iceland</a> this summer (<a href="https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/delta-resuming-flights-to-iceland-reopening-borders" target="_blank">that’s a thing</a>, right?). Assuming you aren’t willing to <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/7/25/8881364/greta-thunberg-climate-change-flying-airline" target="_blank">take a boat everywhere</a>, you might look into carbon offsetting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2799, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/how-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint-on-flights'][B]How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint on Your Next Flight - Thrillist[/B][/URL] [B] Carbon offsetting isn’t a perfect solution, but it is an easy way to give back.[/B] One of the most pressing issues we’ll face in our lifetime, the whole topic of climate change is extremely doom-and-gloom. That sense of dread and overwhelming helplessness is fully warranted—no matter how vigilant you are about recycling and turning off the lights when you leave a room, it begs the question: What can one person do? If you like to travel, and often do so by plane, prepare yourself for more grim news: Air travel is one of the biggest perpetrators of climate change. According to the EPA,[URL='https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-the-growth-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-commercial-aviation'] aircrafts contribute 12% of US transportation emissions[/URL], approximately 3% of the country’s total greenhouse gas production. Every time you hop on a plane, you contribute to that rising statistic. On the one hand, you want to stop the glaciers from melting...but on the other, you kinda want to [URL='https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/best-natural-iceland-attractions']go to Iceland[/URL] this summer ([URL='https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/delta-resuming-flights-to-iceland-reopening-borders']that’s a thing[/URL], right?). Assuming you aren’t willing to [URL='https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/7/25/8881364/greta-thunberg-climate-change-flying-airline']take a boat everywhere[/URL], you might look into carbon offsetting. [/QUOTE]
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