Choosing train instead of plane to emit less CO2 has no effect
One plane trip less results in unused emission rights that another emitter in the EU will buy over, so the aviation sector’s emission reduction is nullified /brusselsairlines.com
Four scientists from KU Leuven, the University of Ghent, and Transport and Mobility Leuven have concluded that it makes no sense to choose the train instead of the plane for trips within the European Union to emit less CO2. Due to the European emission ceilings, someone else will emit the saved CO2
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