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Global warming does come with certain complexities especially when considering air travel.

Jet fuel bonds with oxygen (O2) in our air which forms carbon dioxide (CO2). Jet fuel also releases nitrous oxides, soot, sulphate and water vapour. Because of these emissions, they form “contrails”. Those are the “harmless” white airplane trails we see in the sky following an aircraft. These contrails also known as…

“condensation trails” help form cirrus clouds. Contrails trap heat that normally would escape from the earth - therefore contributing to global warming. Studies indicate that night flights have a stronger global warming affect because the daytime contrails will reflect some of the sunlight away from mother earth.

Air travel affect on global warming is 2 - 4x’s greater than the effect of their carbon dioxide emissions alone - far more impact than a cars emissions. But of course we have more cars on the road, so lets not dimunize a car.
For example though: if 2 tonnes of CO2 is released, multiply that by 2.7 for an accurate measure of its climate impact! WoWZa!

There are no foreseeable solutions and they will be costly ones indeed.
The best solutions are to suggest web conferencing to your boss (you’ll save them a significant amount of cash outlay), book daytime flights whenever possible and consider vacationing close to home.

Anyone out there trying to build a solar powered jet? Your effort to combat global warming will be grandly appreciated!

Peace.