Flying first class on a single domestic round trip can contribute more greenhouse gas emissions than a year of driving
Green Car Congress
JULY 1, 2019
This calculation used the 2017 values for the direct emissions of all greenhouse gases from the combustion of fuel by all light-duty vehicles ( 2,421 billion pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent ), the number of persons with a driver’s license ( 225,346,257 ), and the average number of occupants in light-duty vehicles ( 1.674 ).
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