flying from london to new york
Submitted by antarchi on November 8, 2008 - 23:49
a flight from London to New York needs 416 kg fuel. This amount:
*is about 6.1 times an average person's weight
*makes 5495 kW-hrs energy when burnt, as much as the electricity used by 11 60W lightbulbs lit continuously for one year, or the food eaten by 5 people in one year.
*contains as much carbon as all the air above 226 m2 of the earth's surface, or as a typical tree about 15m tall.
*would cost an extra £314 if tax and duty were charged at the same rate as on petrol in the UK
CO2 emissions 1293 kg CO2
Total Warming Effect 3879 kg CO2 Equivalent
(100% of total annual allowance per individual, required to stabilise CO2 emissions)
