Wednesday 31 October 2007

How polluting are flights?

A big issue around expanding airports is that this will allow for more flights, that's the whole point after all. But what are the effects of flying to local and global environments and can anything be done about it? The answers are are straight forward and not all scientists agree, but you will find some opinions in these links.

1. The Royal Society on Climate Change
2. Government Direct on Carbon Footprinting
3. The Guardian on 'The inconvenient truth about the carbon offsetting industry'
4. Wikipedia on Carbon Offsetting
5. Forum for the Future on future flying and effects of flying


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