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John Fischer s Living Less Unsustainably commentary.
While doing research on green tags, or carbon offsets last month, I was surprised to see how variable miles flown per person is. Some people fly often, and have large travel footprints while others take a trip every year or two.
Airplane landing at airport front shot.
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But here are the numbers that startled me. The top one percent of fliers account for 50% of all airline emissions, and the top 12 percent produce two thirds of climate changing gases associated with air travel. One domestic trip per month, or three international trips per year puts you in the top 1% - the super-emitter category. Of course flying is an almost exclusively first world activity. 80% of people on the planet have never been on a plane, and 90 percent almost never fly. While air travel currently produces only 5% of climate altering emissions, the sector is expected to grow quickly, and is bei