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Modern aircraft consume less fuel per grown-up and mile travelled than cars when fully booked. This parametric quantity in favor of air travel is counterweighted by two facts:

Instead, the scheduled flights are predominant, resulting in a far worse fuel efficiency. According to the greenhouse gas CO2 in 2015 globally, as compared to an estimated total of 36 billion tonnes 35 billion long tons anthropogenic CO2. Carbon offset is often reported as statement to mitigate the CO2 emissions of flying. There are numerous NGOs that ad to compensate CO2 emissions by advancing clean renewable energy, reducing energy consumption and capturing already released carbon in trees or other plants. However, carbon offsetting is a very controversial topic as it only tries to mitigate what has already been emitted.