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by hammock 1483 days ago
Using $600 per ton of co2 across a 2000mi commercial flight with 150 passengers emitting 50lbs of co2 per mile, that works out to a tax of $200 per passenger (each way). Would double the price of a typical ticket
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Yep.

It's pretty obvious that we need to work very hard at getting this cost down.