silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 23 days agoWe need to grow the economy. We need to stop torching the planet. Here’s how we do both. | Let’s fix the two massive efficiency sinks in American life. [Meat & cars]www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down12
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkWe need to grow the economy. We need to stop torching the planet. Here’s how we do both. | Let’s fix the two massive efficiency sinks in American life. [Meat & cars]www.vox.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoWhy do these articles ignore how much C02 air travel and shipping contribute? Both spew far more pollution than cars.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 days agoThey don’t actually. You’re confusing SO2, for which those are major emitters, with CO2, for which they are a smaller fraction. Chart from here
Why do these articles ignore how much C02 air travel and shipping contribute? Both spew far more pollution than cars.
They don’t actually. You’re confusing SO2, for which those are major emitters, with CO2, for which they are a smaller fraction.
Chart from here