Eine neue Studie zeigt, dass Ihre Flugemissionen weitaus höher sind, als CO2-Rechner vermuten lassen. Eine First-Class-Reise von Singapur nach Zürich emittiert über 14.000 kg CO₂ – während die ICAO auf etwa 3.000, Google auf etwa 5.000 und MyClimate auf etwa 8.000 schätzt – was zeigt, dass aktuelle Instrumente den tatsächlichen Erwärmungseffekt der Luftfahrt drastisch unterschätzen.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02847-4
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„your flight emissions“ then uses the most exclusive seats.
On a typical Singapore-Zurich flight, 90% of the cabin is economy seats, not first class, so focusing this entirely on first class seats is a bit disingenuous
and the passengers that typically fly first class on such long routes aren’t taking their environmental advice from nature.com
there is also almost always revenue cargo on these planes, which pay their way too. Even on long haul flights like this, typically 25% of the cargo space is revenue cargo not related to the passengers above.
most emissions for passenger studies focus on the majority of passengers rather than a small fraction of them.
Flight emissions of CO2 are exactly what is produced from the fuel spent. Which is an exact chemical process. Why is that such a conundrum?
MY flight emissions? I’m not a pilot. I don’t own planes. I didn’t design them. I maybe fly once a year or two, domestic and certainly not first class. What is this click-bait nonsense title?
And still vastly below the emissions from private jets. And considering I fly once or twice a year, as opposed to *weekly* on my *private jet,* this feels absolutely unconcerning.
Shhhh, think of the stock holders!
does anyone know if taking a flight is better than driving?
If our leaders cared about the world, we would have 2 years to move where we want to be, then cancel air travel and pleasure cruises, and only be able to drive even or odd days based on your license plate number. Next defund militaries world wide and use that money to grow renewable power and shift off ALL internal combustion engines. Next ban herbicides and pesticides, cap methane spewing wells, and curtail plastic production . In other words they have no balls or conscience, it’s all too late, and the permafrost is about to melt and release methane like a mofo which will acelerate global warming like mad. We’re toast basicly.
Did someone also mess up reporting tons of Carbon instead of far heavier CO2?
This highlights how outdated most carbon calculators are. If even conservative estimates miss by this much, it shows how far public tools lag behind real world climate data.
don’t these estimates differentiate flight classes based on the square footage of the seats in order to allocate emissions?
that’s always seemed strange to me because the seating is not fluid and cannot be rearranged. so a choice to take an otherwise empty first class seat doesn’t squeeze out 3 people who might have otherwise filled that space at a lower fare class.
shouldn’t the emissions just be divided by weight?