| Through reduced air travel? Issue1 #473042 Air travel is particularly carbon intensive, with long international flights being the equivalent of half of a typical person's annual carbon footprint. Airplanes are becoming more efficient, they are experimenting with less carbon intensive biofuels, and with carbon offsets. Many observers suggest that current communication and information technologies in the case of business, and soon virtual reality technologies in the case of tourism, could significantly reduce the need for air travel. |
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