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Old 11-12-2021, 11:00 AM   #2552
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Every hour a whole plane is in flight emits approximately 1/4 ton of GHG eq. Even if all 30,000 took private planes I'm not sure you could get to a percentage of that number.

10% of Alberta's yearly emissions is 27,000,000 tons of CO2e
https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-an...20per%20capita.

An 8 hour flight creates about 2 tons CO2e

https://www.carbonindependent.org/22.html

I just assumed 1 ton per person, about a 4 hour flight. 30 000 people, 30 000 tons, and oh my, I've made a giant math mistake.
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