Wow.

Merry Christmas! As I said elsewhere, what a beautiful destination.

Let’s see if I’ve got this right.

Five people on a trip to New Zealand

17,000 miles round trip by aircraft

38,000 pounds / 19 tons of CO2

$220 carbon offset / indulgence / pay to play / blood money

Airplanes emit many other harmful gases in the upper atmosphere where they are more harmful than at ground level. This is due to radiative forcing and as a result air travel does 2X the damage / passenger mile as driving a relatively fuel efficient car.

This compares to:

Standard midsize family sedan driven 12,000 miles / year

10,000 pounds / 5 tons of CO2 / year

3.8 years usage

Or:

Completely electrical powered home with $170 / month cost

36,000 pounds / 18 tons of CO2 / year

1.06 years usage

I guess our betters, that have fought the good fight, are entitled to sins and benefits that we lesser mortals are not.