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Originally Posted by trikkonceptz
Smart thinking .. now will they P&G in the air? Shut off their engine in approach? LOL or simply over inflate their tires for less landing and take off resistance?
Quick tag some planes with Ecomodder decals ....
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Domestic flying is pretty environmentally damaging. The jet contrails are higher in the atmosphere so make a more potent GHG. Driving, even by yourself, in a fuel efficient car is better than flying in a full modern plane.
http://www.econewmexico.com/driving-vs-flying-co2
Now, if you want to fly to Chile or England, then that's better than driving or boating. Boating is not very nice for the environment.
I wonder how practical it would be to run a plane on hydrogen (generated of course from nuclear power)? That's the only thing that would really help. I don't think flying more slowly would really improve the GHG output that much.