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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

IIRC the biggest problem with that 2% is it's already in the upper atmosphere. Don't have a source for that though.

Here's a source for your comment btw:

https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector

which links to this paper (direct 296 kB pdf download link):

https://theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/ICCT_CO2-commercl-aviation-2018_20190918.pdf

and aCKSHUALLYY it's 1.9%

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Oh dang my whole world is upside down now. Lol.

Thanks