[expatpat]

Your error is to use "per passenger" data from the airlines who carry over 100 people per flight. If you use your own private jet, with 6-10 passengers, the per-passenger emissions are much higher.

[nh1]

Good point, for the Algore, celebrity and politician type that's probably correct.

But, the article says 'Therefore, to absorb most of the carbon dioxide caused by one passenger taking one domestic round-trip flight across Canada in 2007, requires planting 15 trees today that won't complete the job until 2047-2057'

So, the authors is referring to a commercial flight in one paragraph, while stating the 'carbon footprint' (I hate that term) of a private jet in another.

I do think most of the hype about global warming is BS, but the author tries to make it sound like flying commercial uses more fuel that driving, which is wrong.

[Enchante]

"Your error is to use "per passenger" data from the airlines who carry over 100 people per flight. If you use your own private jet, with 6-10 passengers, the per-passenger emissions are much higher."

.... but surely far less than 5.4 tons per passenger.... does a private jet that can carry 12 passengers release 60+ tons of carbon emissions per trip?? That would mean it has to carry far more than 120,000 lbs. of fuel to burn up, which is more than the weight of the plane itself??