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		24gttghh on March 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: First-class air travel is in decline >So it's more like one American's emissions in a year. That still seems horrible to me.

gok on March 8, 2019 [–]

I mean... it's not great. But it's only a few hundred dollars worth of carbon offsets, which is considerably less than the existing tax on the jet fuel.

24gttghh on March 8, 2019 | [–]

And that's only one way eh? Do 1 round-trip private trip a month and suddenly that's 24-people's worth of yearly emissions.

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