Google 'airbrushes' out emissions from flying, BBC reveals

[rcjordan]

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62664981

[ergophobe]

These additional warming impacts mean that although aviation is only responsible for around 2% of global CO2 emissions, the sector is actually responsible for around 3.5% of the warming caused by human activity.

I think of myself as fairly well-informed on climate change, at least in the top 20% of Americans, but I had no idea that contrails and non-CO2 factors were such a huge part of aviation's impacts. It's obviously something that climate insiders know well and consider basic knowledge, but it is not something that has seeped into laypeople like me.

Did you know how big those non-CO2 impacts were?

[rcjordan]

>Did you know how big those non-CO2 impacts were?

No.  Related: /r is actively calling out celebrity use of private jets.

[ergophobe]

As much as I try to avoid news about Elon Musk, just yesterday an article popped up about his flight from San Jose to SFO.

[rcjordan]

/r had this one a couple of days ago

Steven Spielberg's private jet has burned $116,000 worth of jet fuel in two months

https://nypost.com/2022/08/22/steven-spielbergs-private-jet-has-burned-116000-worth-of-jet-fuel-in-two-months/

[IsabellaHarris1993]

I'm conflicted. Why is it Google's obligation to tackle this problem if there is no industry standard for airlines to disclose emissions to Google? They are a search engine that uses publicly accessible information to return results to people who make searches.