You’re beginning to sound like a politician - no amount of whataboutery can alter the fact you’ve chosen to make multiple fights in your life and will continue to do so. It doesn’t matter if you’re prepared to pay more to offset it (you haven’t and probably never will) . One of your trips abroad has probably thrown out more carbon than the average person does in a year. So whilst my trip to Scotland or Cornwall in the 80’s and 90’s in my old petrol car will have thrown out some carbon it will be minuscule in comparison to your long haul flight to wherever. I could do my journey multiple times and still get no where near your one journey carbon emissions aboard your jet, so yes I’m pretty sure my carbon footprint is lower than yours. You made that choice to get on that plane, and by your own admission will continue to do so. You knew what effects that plane’s emissions had and you still were happy to board and travel to wherever. That’s your choice and you’ve committed no crime but to come on here preaching how we have to all change our ways just smacks of hypocrisy when your actions in the past, and your continuing actions in the future, exacerbate the very situation your talking about.
Even short-haul flights produce huge amounts of CO2, figures show
www.theguardian.com
It's not whataboutery, it's what I actually do. Maybe try and counter my points, instead of trolling?
If you're willing to drive to Cornwall in the 80's, you've probably spent 40 years driving 10-15k miles a year (in a petrol/ diesel car), which is ~160 tonnes of emissions. I'd have to go on 320 return flights to southern Europe to match that
For reference, my total lifetime car emissions will probably end up a 20th of that, and the flights for my holidays maybe a 10th, up to now.
Your life will be responsible for a lot more emissions than me, and I'll bet my hat you don't have the same influence/ contribution to green infrastructure schemes as I do/ have/ will. I suppose I think I've earned the right to go on a couple of flights a year (especially having the EV early, solar, WFH etc). What have you done to earn your 160 tonnes of carbon from your vehicle alone, or what are you going to do to make up for that?
You seem to be against most green schemes, and you'd have been kicking out 12 tonnes per year for your adult life, if you had your way or if everyone thought like you. That's probably 720 tonnes or so, I won't even make a third of that, and will do plenty to stop others doing the same, and people thinking like that is why that line is trending down.