Air Travel is Not Green

Hi, everyone I am Eric Rochow and this is Real World Green. A little different here today, welcome to the Pacific Ocean. We are just south of Monterey here. It's probably no secret how I got here from the East Cost, I flew and I didn't realize until I did some research but air travel is one of the largest contributors to green house gases that we have now and it continues to grow.

Do you have to go to a meeting, go on a business trip? Why don't you consider video conferencing? The technology now is that you just pop up in your laptop, you turn it on and boom! You are there a thousands miles away and you don't have to travel.

An airplane full of people outputs almost as much carbon emissions as if each person in that plane took their own car and drove to the same destination. Your one round trip flight to Europe is equal to all the pollution someone creates in just six months. Alright, so sorry about the wind noise, but there you go, from the Monterey area, this is Real World Green, come to the Green House tell us your thoughts and have a good day, I will see you later.


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