Don't fly if you can help it

	▲	Don't fly if you can help it(michaelbluejay.com)
		3 points by cxr 13 hours ago \| 2 comments

	▲	laweijfmvo 12 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		`> A single coast to coast roundtrip flight is equivalent to driving the average car 375 miles a month for a whole year.` But driving the same trip would equate to ~500 miles per month for a whole year, just for one trip. so i can take the flight AND drive 125 miles per month, for a year, and Michael Bluejay gets to use his car for one trip, then can’t drive again for a year, and this is somehow better? And it doesn’t even say: is this for every passenger on the plane, or all passengers combined?
	▲	JoshTriplett 12 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> Want even more ways to justify flying? > There's no lack of ways to offset your carbon footprint from flying. For example: For example, regulate industries that produce far far more carbon than consumers, or stop building new oil/gas/coal power plants completely in favor of solar and nuclear and wind. Stop blaming individual people for a societal problem that needs collective actions to solve. A huge fraction of all emissions come from power plants.