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There's an interesting response to this, in which the author argues that "for the sake of the planet, please fly!": http://qz.com/131024/its-ok-to-have-a-big-c

• scotty79 13y ago
  > http://qz.com/131024/its-ok-to-have-a-big-carbon-footprint-and-pay-others-not-to/ http://qz.com/131024/its-ok-to-have-a-big-carbon-footprint-a... It's bit like saying "it's ok to each caviar at charity dinner". It may be right economically but it's very morally shady if costs of caviar and benefits it brings to fundraiser aren't carefully, unambiguously calculated.