Fastening the seat belt buckle and realizing your flight is on its method to its vacation spot: Good. Getting caught in a tarmac visitors jam and ready in your flight to take off: Not so good. Seems the wait can also be not good for the planet.
Flying in an airplane is already some of the emissions-intensive issues you are able to do. Globally, aviation produced over 1 billion tons of carbon emissions in 2019, greater than 2 % of all human-generated emissions—greater than both transport or rail. Plane engines additionally emit nitrogen oxides, soot particles, and water vapor, which additionally contribute to warming the planet.
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