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by melling 1047 days ago
To keep it simple, 10 years of burning coal is 100 years of aviation.

100 years of coal is 1000 years of aviation.

And with your analogy, if I have 100,000 dollars and I give you $2000, I still have almost $100,000. If I give you $20,000, that’s going to make a dent. Repeat 4 more times and I’m broke.

Any of that sinking in?

It’s really important that people understand because they’re literally driving us into a climate disaster.