“Expanding London’s airports & a third runway at Heathrow would be incredibly irresponsible amid a climate crisis. “
Disrupting the Borg is expensive and time consuming!
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The internet is now responsible for more CO2 annually than all of global aviation is.
Maybe we should ban climate stories from the internet to prevent us from death by subtle irony !
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Aviation
In 2023, aviation accounted for 2.05% of human-induced CO2 emissions. This is similar to the amount of power needed to run the internet’s servers and transmission cables.
Internet
The carbon footprint of internet and social media devices accounts for 3.7% of global greenhouse gas emissions. This is more than the amount produced by aviation.
Quite a potent observation. That means I can abandon my Icarus waxed wing project and go back to flying private! My iPhone is battery powered, so when I’m online with Safari it’s net zer0, all green, or whatever! I’m very proud to do my part, sorta like the people that drive EVs thus living a fantasy life!