• Pipoca@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    In the US, 7% of transportation emissions are commercial air travel, while 58% are passenger cars.

    Flying is worse per-trip than driving, but car centric infrastructure is worse than flying.

    Similarly, what you eat is way more important than how far it traveled. Most agricultural emissions happen at the farm.

    It’s actually better for the environment to grow tomatoes in Florida or Mexico and ship them to NYC in the fall or winter than to grow tomatoes locally in a heated greenhouse.