Air travel is a quintessential product of the fossil fuel era: It’s both highly convenient and difficult to replace with alternatives. Now as the impacts of climate change are becoming more urgent, a growing “flight shame” movement is prompting consumers to question their air travel. Glad You Asked host Joss Fong explores the ethical implications of flying in a world on the brink of crisis.
Key Sources:
Myclimate flight emission calculator
www.myclimate.org/fileadmin/u...
Observed Arctic sea-ice loss directly follows anthropogenic CO2 emission
science.sciencemag.org/conten...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Typical Passenger Vehicle
www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/gre...
Carbon Footprint Calculations for Average Americans
externalassets.cooleffect.org...
Share of airplane trips by American adults
theicct.org/blog/staff/should...
Technological, economic and environmental prospects of all-electric aircraft www.nature.com/articles/s4156...
Maps of Greenland Ice Sheet
nsidc.org/greenland-today/
This is how global warming is reshaping Greenland
www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/0...
Contrail cirrus radiative forcing for future air traffic
www.atmos-chem-phys.net/19/81...
Hydrocarbon combustion
energyeducation.ca/encycloped...
The year in aviation: Billions of passengers, two high-profile accidents
www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
Boeing CEO: Over 80% of the world has never taken a flight.
www.cnbc.com/2017/12/07/boein...
As Billions More Fly, Here’s How Aviation Could Evolve
www.nationalgeographic.com/en...
According to the annual Airlines for America report, 48 percent of travelers in the United States flew on an airline in 2017.
www.travelpulse.com/news/airl...
Climate change in the US will hurt poor people the most, according to a bombshell federal report www.cnbc.com/2018/11/26/clima...
Flygskam
www.independent.co.uk/travel/...
Pipistrel Alpha Electro
www.pipistrel-usa.com/wp-cont...
Air Transport Action Group
www.atag.org/facts-figures.html
0:00 Intro
1:12 Flying High
2:30 Our Carbon Footprint
9:45 Flight Shaming
12:10 Electric Airplanes
16:42 Batteries Vs Fuel
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