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JmAln

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12. I think air travel will decline in the future,

Reply to unc70 (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 04:18 PM

Jul 2020

at least until a lower carbon emitting form of travel is created. The only reason air travel exists now is because of energy dense oil, and burning that oil puts tons of C02 into the atmosphere on every flight.

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