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Fear of flying

10.11.2006 from Green Car Congress:
With a fuel economy - per passenger - equivalent to a hybrid car carrying two passengers, this quiet 'flying wing' may have a future.
Image: Four (tiny) views of the SAX-40 aircraft

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29.10.2006 from Gristmill blog:
The U.K. is going offset-crazy, but how much is it helping the planet?
Image: Driving to our doom?

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19.10.2006 from Oil Change:
Either countries reduce aircraft travel or they will not be able to reduce their carbon emissions. There is no technical fix.
Image: Too many of these

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Better than cars; much better than planes
16.08.2006 from ecostreet blog:
We probably all know that but here's some real evidence.
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Image: Better than cars; much better than planes
28.07.2006 from Treehugger blog:
A British travel company is now planting a tree for every flight booking it takes.
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Does planting trees usefully offset carbon emissions?
26.07.2006 from Climate Change Action blog:
People running forestry offsets are 'well intentioned but, in my opinion, misguided'.
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Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Forests]
Image: Does planting trees usefully offset carbon emissions?
04.04.2006 from marklynas.org blog:
Aircraft: the worst polluters "The UK government is promoting aviation growth whilst at the same time pretending to deal seriously with climate change." But there is a way forward: a no-flying movement is beginning to take shape.
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17.12.2005 From Grownupgreen:
MYTH: We can meet our international obligations on climate change and still have unrestrained growth in aviation and airports

FALSE! Aviation is the UK’s fastest growing source of CO2 emissions and by 2010 the increase in emissions from aviation would wipe out the Government’s Kyoto and domestic reductions programme. (House of Commons Environment Audit Committee)

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19.11.2005 Tom Dyson's blog:
I've attempted to compensate for the carbon emissions resulting from our recent flights to Greece and Denmark by funding a proportionate amount to sustainable energy and reforestation projects. I used an Oxford-based organisation called Climate Care, recommended by Nick, who neutralised the carbon output of his stag weekend to Barcelona, G8-style.
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