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multiply it by 1.9, so basically double it, and that gives you the real carbon footprint. google has taken that 1.9 factor out, and the question is, why? here is what google posted on the website where it showed its methodology. it said that following discussions with industry partners, it recognises that non c02 factors are critical to include in the model and wants to put them back in future. so what s going on? when i phoned google and they told me it is worried about the accuracy for individual flight estimates. it says it wants to understand better the variations based on critical factors like time of day and region of individualflights. scientists agree that it is difficult, but look at this this, 1.5% of all warming caused by human activity is what they are leaving out of their calculations.

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