Dear Folks , Susan Mayers and Peter Woodall
>From the data of jet travel I did in 1998 I have calculated the following:
My trip to South Africa, Europe return to Brisbane gave the following result:
TOTAL CO2: 47 hours x 800 km/h x 0,146 kg/pKm x/1000 Kg/t = 5,5 tonCO2
PRICE $ 2000 tantamount to $364/ton CO2
200 lifers = 36 lifer per ton CO2
My trip to New Caldonia
TOTAL CO2: 1600 km x 800 km/h x 0,146 kgCO2/kmp/1000 kg/ton = 0,234 tonCO2
PRICE (frequent flyer value) = $727 tantamount to $ 3107/ton CO2
17 lifers = 72 lifers/tonCO2
I think the airfare to New Calidonia is reasonable priced which reflect less
competition but un-intentionally account for environmental damage.
Consequently my trip to South Africa and Europe ought to have cost $2000 x
3107/364 = $17000.
That should be the tax on Airtravel!!!
For Birders inclusive my self the message is: BECOME A REGIONAL BIRDER,
Indoniesia, Pacific have about 700 endemics or more, there are a lot to be
seen for less CO2 impact.
I will take note of this in my future travel plans!
At 09:28 AM 12/10/98 +1000, you wrote:
>In our recent discussion of the relative demerits of various
>forms of transport (4WD vs Jumbo jets, etc), I lacked any
>real facts.
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>Now, with a little web surfing, I have come up with some
>that show, as I suspected, that jumbo's are major pollutants.
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>Make your own conclusions about your next holiday
>- in Aus (with a 4WD??) or overseas.
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>Estimates have shown that, for a 500-km journey, the emission of
>CO2 per passenger-kilometre (pkm) is the
>lowest for buses (22 g/pkm) and the highest for planes (146 g/pkm),
>while high-speed trains and private cars emit
>48 g/pkm and 86 g/pkm, respectively. Buses and planes are the
>biggest emitters of NOx (479 mg/pkm and 440 mg/pkm);
>private cars and high-speed trains emit much less NOx
>(between 145 and 270 mg/pkm and 87mg/pkm).
> [Data transmitted by the Government of the Netherlands.]
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> On average, the complete combustion of 1 kg of jet A1 aviation
>fuel has been estimated to generate about 3.16
> kg of CO2, 1.25 kg of H2O and 1 g of SO2. Estimates of fuel
>sales to airlines suggest that this would amount to
> more than half a billion tons of CO2 and some 2 million tons
>of NOx emitted each year by aircraft worldwide.
> 94% of these emissions occur in the northern hemisphere, mainly
>in North America (44%) and Europe (30%).
> Most occur at an altitude of 9 to 13 km. It has been estimated
>that 44% of all fuel is consumed above the
> tropopause - the limit between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
> Civil aviation is responsible for most of this
> air pollution, but military aviation also plays a significant role.
>The impact of light aviation is mainly local.
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> For more information, please contact:
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> Mr. Lars NORDBERG, Deputy Director
> Environment and Human Settlements Division
> United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
> Palais des Nations, Office 346
> CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
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> Telephone: (+41 22) 917 23 54
> Fax: (+41 22) 907 01 07
> E-mail:
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>Cheers
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>Peter
>Dr Peter Woodall email =
>Division of Vet Pathology & Anatomy
>School of Veterinary Science & An. Prod. Phone = +61 7 3365 2300
>The University of Queensland Fax = +61 7 3365 1355
>Brisbane, Qld, Australia 4072 WWW = http://www.uq.edu.au/~anpwooda
>"hamba phezulu" (= "go higher" in isiZulu)
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