last updated December 22, 2009
MY BIG FAT CARBON FOOTPRINT
There is much talk of carbon footprints nowadays, and people want you to pay for your carbon footprint by 'offsetting'.
UPDATE 18/11/08
- Climatecare.org appears to have raised their offsetting prices
as well as removing their mileage calculator , not sure when they did this
actually,
but the new flights added to this page reflect the price change.
So i figured i might try and work
out my footprint, knowing that i fly an awful lot for business, and for pleasure,
i wanted to see just how much of a blight I really am.
So, i need to write all my flights
down.. Luckily, as i'm such a clepto, i keep all of
my boarding cards as a memento, so this actually makes the job a lot easier
:-)
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(I'm only permanently
missing the boarding cards from first 5 flights i ever took, which i think
is close to obsession :)
I have not had a chance recently to scan the last 6 months' worth of cards...
soon i hope though...
| How to read the table below : | ||
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Date | self explanatory |
| Carrier | self explanatory | |
| Depart | Where I took off | |
| Arrive | Where i landed | |
| webflyer.com mileage | Using the calculator that can be found at this website, here's how far they say it is in actual miles flying from one place to the other. | |
| climatecare.org mileage | The figure given by the calculator at this website. Note that because this website doesn't list all airports in the world, some flights have had to have a nearby-ish city to choose from. The alternate city can be found in the rightmost column noted Alt. Airport | |
| climatecare.org tonnes of CO2 |
This is how many tonnnes of CO2 that climatecare.org says that i am responsible for dumping into the environment. | |
| climatecare.org offset cost |
This is how much climatecare.org thinks i should pay them to offset my travelling for that trip, their prices are about £7.50 per tonne | |
| Alt. Airport | Alternative Airport - used when the calculator for carbon offsetting doesn't specifically list the to/from destinations that i have. If no suitable airports can be found near, i have instead used figures given by climatecare.org for another trip of similar mileage | |
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| Totals at the bottom | speak for themselves really. | |
| Date | Carrier | Depart | Arrive | webflyer.com Mileage |
climatecare.org Mileage |
climatecare.org tonnes of CO2 |
climatecare.org offset cost |
Alt. Airport |
| 16 May 01 |  |
London (LHR) | Toronto (YTO) | 3540 | 3541.6 | 0.79 | £5.92 | |
| 16 May 01 | |
Toronto (YTO) | Boston (BOS) | 431 | 444.7 | 0.09 | £0.67 | |
| 29 May 01 |  |
Boston (BOS) | Atlanta (ATL) | 945 | 945.3 | 0.17 | £1.29 | |
| 15 Jun 01 | |
Atlanta (ATL) | Toronto (YTO) | 743 | 739.8 | 0.14 | £1.03 | |
| 15 Jun 01 | |
Toronto (YTO) | London (LHR) | 3540 | 3541.6 | 0.79 | £5.92 | |
| 19 Jul 03 |  |
London (LGW) | Orlando (SFB) | 4320 | 4340.4 | 0.98 | £7.35 | |
| 25 Jul 03 | |
Orlando (MCO) | Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | 983 | 850.9 | 0.16 | £1.17 | Houston |
| 25 Jul 03 | |
Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | San Jose (SJC) | 1430 | 1631.1 | 0.29 | £2.16 | houston/sfo |
| 28 Jul 03 | |
San Jose (SJC) | Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | 1430 | 1631.1 | 0.29 | £2.16 | houston/sfo |
| 28 Jul 03 | |
Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | Orlando (MCO) | 983 | 850.9 | 0.16 | £1.17 | Houston |
| 2 Aug 03 | |
Orlando (SFB) | London (LGW) | 4320 | 4340.4 | 0.98 | £7.35 | |
| 16 Aug 04 |  |
London (LGW) | Atlanta (ATL) | 4220 | 4215.5 | 0.95 | £7.13 | |
| 16 Aug 04 | |
Atlanta (ATL) | Orlando (MCO) | 404 | 403.1 | 0.08 | £0.62 | |
| 30 Aug 04 | |
Orlando (MCO) | Cincinnati (CVG) | 757 | 758.4 | 0.14 | £1.06 | Washington |
| 30 Aug 04 | |
Cincinnati (CVG) | London (LGW) | 3970 | 3681.4 | 0.82 | £6.17 | Washington |
| 9 Sep 04 |
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London (LHR) | Tel-Aviv (TLV) | 2230 | 2227.3 | 0.39 | £2.94 | |
| 27 Sep 04 |
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Tel-Aviv (TLV) | London (LHR) | 2230 | 2227.3 | 0.39 | £2.94 | |
| 29 Oct 04 |
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London (LHR) | Philadelphia (PHL) | 3530 | 3530.4 | 0.79 | £5.90 | |
| 8 Nov 04 |
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Philadelphia (PHL) | London (LHR) | 3530 | 3530.4 | 0.79 | £5.90 | |
| 9 Dec 04 |
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London (LHR) | Philadelphia (PHL) | 3530 | 3530.4 | 0.79 | £5.90 | |
| 13 Dec 04 |
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Philadelphia (PHL) | London (LHR) | 3530 | 3530.4 | 0.79 | £5.90 | |
| 1 Jan 05 |
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London (LHR) | Tel-Aviv (TLV) | 2230 | 2227.3 | 0.39 | £2.94 | |
| 6 Jan 05 |
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Tel-Aviv (TLV) | London (LHR) | 2230 | 2227.3 | 0.39 | £2.94 | |
| 13 Feb 05 |
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London (LHR) | Chicago (ORD) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 27 Feb 05 |
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Chicago (ORD) | London (LHR) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 17 Mar 05 |
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London (LGW) | Orlando (MCO) | 4340 | 4340.4 | 0.98 | £7.35 | |
| 27 Mar 05 |
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Orlando (MCO) | London (LGW) | 4340 | 4340.4 | 0.98 | £7.35 | |
| 24 Apr 05 |
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London (LHR) | Los Angeles (LAX) | 5440 | 5436.6 | 1.26 | £9.44 | |
| 24 Apr 05 | |
Los Angeles (LAX) | Honolulu (HNL) | 2550 | 2549.7 | 0.57 | £4.25 | |
| 1 May 05 | |
Honolulu (HNL) | Los Angeles (LAX) | 2550 | 2549.7 | 0.57 | £4.25 | |
| 1 May 05 |
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Los Angeles (LAX) | London (LHR) | 5440 | 5436.6 | 1.26 | £9.44 | |
| 4 Jun 05 |
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London (LGW) | Glasgow (GLA) | 369 | 369.6 | 0.08 | £0.58 | |
| 7 Jun 05 |
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Glasgow (GLA) | London (LGW) | 369 | 369.6 | 0.08 | £0.58 | |
| 5 Aug 05 |
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London (LGW) | Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | 4760 | 4837.9 | 1.11 | £8.28 | Houston |
| 5 Aug 05 |
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Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | San Francisco (SFO) | 1460 | 1631.1 | 0.29 | £2.16 | houston/sfo |
| 9 Aug 05 |
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San Jose (SJC) | Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | 1430 | 1631.1 | 0.29 | £2.16 | sfo/houston |
| 9 Aug 05 |
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Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | London (LGW) | 4760 | 4837.9 | 1.11 | £8.28 | Houston |
| 5 Sep 05 |
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London (LHR) | Chicago (ORD) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 11 Sep 05 |
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Chicago (ORD) | London (LHR) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 17 Sep 05 |
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London (LHR) | San Francisco (SFO) | 5350 | 5347.8 | 1.24 | £9.27 | |
| 29 Sep 05 |
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San Francisco (SFO) | London (LHR) | 5350 | 5347.8 | 1.24 | £9.27 | |
| 27 Oct 05 |
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London (LHR) | Philadelphia (PHL) | 3530 | 3530.4 | 0.79 | £5.90 | |
| 2 Nov 05 |
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Philadelphia (PHL) | London (LHR) | 3530 | 3530.4 | 0.79 | £5.90 | |
| 10 Dec 05 |
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London (LHR) | Newark NJ (EWR) | 3450 | 3455.9 | 0.77 | £5.77 | JFK |
| 12 Dec 05 |
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New York (JFK) | London (LHR) | 3440 | 3455.9 | 0.77 | £5.77 |
| 2 Jan 06 |  |
London (LHR) | San Francisco (SFO) | 5350 | 5347.8 | 1.24 | £9.27 | |
| 8 Jan 06 | |
San Francisco (SFO) | London (LHR) | 5350 | 5347.8 | 1.24 | £9.27 | |
| 18 Jan 06 |
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London (LHR) | Chicago (ORD) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 31 Jan 06 |
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Chicago (ORD) | London (LHR) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 7 Feb 06 |
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London (LHR) | New York (JFK) | 3440 | 3455.9 | 0.77 | £5.77 | |
| 13 Feb 06 |
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New York (JFK) | London (LHR) | 3440 | 3455.9 | 0.77 | £5.77 | |
| 14 Apr 06 |
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London (LHR) | Zurich (ZRH) | 489 | 490.1 | 0.1 | £0.73 | |
| 18 Apr 06 |
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Zurich (ZRH) | London (LHR) | 489 | 490.1 | 0.1 | £0.73 | |
| 30 Apr 06 |  |
London (LHR) | Chicago (ORD) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 6 May 06 |
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Chicago (ORD) | Oklahoma City (OKC) | 691 | 758.4 | 0.14 | £1.06 | Similar miles |
| 12 May 06 |
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Oklahoma City (OKC) | St. Louis (SUS) | 444 | 436.6 | 0.09 | £0.66 | Similar miles |
| 12 May 06 |
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St Louis (SUS) | Seattle (SEA) | 1690 | 1871.4 | 0.33 | £2.47 | Houston |
| 26 May 06 |
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Seattle (SEA) | London (LHR) | 4780 | 4780.1 | 1.09 | £8.17 | |
| 31 Aug 06 |
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London (LHR) | Seattle (SEA) | 4780 | 4780.1 | 1.09 | £8.17 | |
| 6 Sep 06 |
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Seattle (SEA) | London (LHR) | 4780 | 4780.1 | 1.09 | £8.17 | |
| 8 Nov 06 |  |
Luton (LTN) | Edinburgh (EDI) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 8 Nov 06 | |
Edinburgh (EDI) | Luton (LTN) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 1 Dec 06 |
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London (LHR) | Zurich (ZRH) | 489 | 490.1 | 0.1 | £0.73 | |
| 5 Dec 06 |
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Zurich (ZRH) | London (LHR) | 489 | 490.1 | 0.1 | £0.73 | |
| 25 Jan 07 | |
Edinburgh (EDI) | Luton (LTN) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 25 Jan 07 | |
Luton (LTN) | Edinburgh (EDI) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 15 Mar 07 | |
Luton (LTN) | Edinburgh (EDI) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 15 Mar 07 | |
Edinburgh (EDI) | Luton (LTN) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 29 Mar 07 | |
Luton (LTN) | Edinburgh (EDI) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 30 Mar 07 | |
Edinburgh (EDI) | Luton (LTN) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 28 May 07 | |
Luton (LTN) | Edinburgh (EDI) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 2 Jun 07 | |
Edinburgh (EDI) | Luton (LTN) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 5 Jun 07 |
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London (LHR) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
| 10 Jun 07 |  |
Hong Kong (HKG) | Sydney (SYD) | 4580 | 4580.1 | 1.04 | £7.80 | |
| 11 Jun 07 | |
Sydney (SYD) | Melbourne (MEL) | 438 | 436.6 | 0.09 | £0.66 | |
| 28 Jun 07 | |
Melbourne (MEL) | Sydney (SYD) | 438 | 436.6 | 0.09 | £0.66 | |
| 28 Jun 07 |
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Sydney (SYD) | Bangkok (BKK) | 4680 | 4682 | 1.07 | £7.99 | |
| 28 Jun 07 |
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Bangkok (BKK) | London (LHR) | 5930 | 5926.7 | 1.39 | £10.42 | |
| 5 Jul 07 |  |
London (LHR) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
| 19 Jul 07 | |
Hong Kong (HKG) | London (LHR) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
| 22 Jul 07 |
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London (LHR) | Chicago (ORD) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 22 Jul 07 |
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Chicago (ORD) | Denver (DEN) | 885 | 838.5 | 0.15 | £1.15 | New orleans |
| 3 Aug 07 |  |
Denver (DEN) | Oakland (OAK) | 954 | 945.3 | 0.17 | £1.29 | Similar miles |
| 4 Aug 07 | |
Oakland (OAK) | Denver (DEN) | 954 | 945.3 | 0.17 | £1.29 | Similar miles |
| 5 Aug 07 | |
Denver (DEN) | New York (JFK) | 1620 | 1871.4 | 0.33 | £2.47 | Similar miles |
| 5 Aug 07 | |
New York (JFK) | London (LHR) | 3440 | 3455.9 | 0.77 | £5.77 | |
| 27 Aug 07 | |
Luton (LTN) | Edinburgh (EDI) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 29 Aug 07 | |
Edinburgh (EDI) | Luton (LTN) | 307 | 305.6 | 0.07 | £0.51 | |
| 6 Oct 07 |  |
London (LHR) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
| 12 Oct 07 | |
Hong Kong (HKG) | Melbourne (MEL) | 4600 | 4595 | 1.04 | £7.83 | |
| 19 Oct 07 | Virgin Blue | Melbourne (MEL) | Sydney (SYD) | 438 | 436.6 | 0.09 | £0.66 | |
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21 Oct 07 |
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Sydney (SYD) | Melbourne (MEL) | 438 | 436.6 | 0.09 | £0.66 | |
| 22 Oct 07 | |
Melbourne (MEL) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 4600 | 4595 | 1.04 | £7.83 | |
| 22 Oct 07 | |
Hong Kong (HKG) | London (LHR) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
| 25 Oct 07 |
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London (LHR) | Philadelphia (PHL) | 3530 | 3530.4 | 0.79 | £5.90 | |
| 2 Nov 07 |
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Philadelphia (PHL) | London (LHR) | 3530 | 3530.4 | 0.79 | £5.90 | |
| 19 Dec 07 |
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London (LHR) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
| 19 Dec 07 |  |
Hong Kong (HKG) | Melbourne (MEL) | 4600 | 4595 | 1.04 | £7.83 | |
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08 Jan 08 |
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Melbourne (MEL) | Singapore (SIN) | 3373750 |
3747
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0.84 |
£6.29 |
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08 Jan 08 |
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Singapore (SIN) | London (LHR) | 6760 | 6754 | 1.62 | £12.13 | |
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17 Jan 08 |
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London (LHR) | Helsinki (HEL) | 1150 | 1148 | 0.21 | £1.51 | |
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30 Jan 08 |
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Helsinki (HEL) | London (LHR) | 1150 | 1148 | 0.21 | £1.51 | |
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19 Feb 08 |
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London (LHR) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
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20 Feb 08 |
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Hong Kong (HKG) | Melbourne (MEL) | 4600 | 4595 | 1.04 | £7.83 | |
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12 Mar 08 |
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Melbourne (MEL) | Hobart (HBA) | 383 | 382 | 0.08 | £0.60 | |
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15 Mar 08 |
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Hobart (HBA) | Melbourne (MEL) | 383 | 382 | 0.08 | £0.60 | |
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17 Mar 08 |
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Melbourne (MEL) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 4600 | 4595 | 1.04 | £7.83 | |
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18 Mar 08 |
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Hong Kong (HKG) | London (LHR) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
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27 Apr 08 |
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London (LHR) | Helsinki (HEL) | 1150 | 1148 | 0.21 | £1.51 | |
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3 May 08 |
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Helsinki (HEL) | London (LHR) | 1150 | 1148 | 0.21 | £1.51 | |
| 19 Jun 08 |  |
London (LHR) | Seoul (ICN) | 5510 | 5510 |
1.28 |
£11.24 | |
| 03 Jul 08 | |
Seoul (ICN) | London (LHR) | 5510 | 5510 | 1.28 | £11.24 | |
| 11 Jul 08 | |
London (LHR) | Bangkok (BKK) | 5930 | 5926.7 | 1.39 | £10.42 | |
| 12 Jul 08 | |
Bangkok (BKK) | Sydney (SYD) | 4680 | 4682 | 1.07 | £7.99 | |
| 13 Jul 08 | |
Sydney (SYD) | Melbourne (MEL) | 438 | 436.6 | 0.09 | £0.66 | |
| 20 Jul 08 | Virgin Blue | Melbourne (MEL) | Sydney (SYD) | 438 | 436.6 | 0.09 | £0.66 | |
| 21 Jul 08 | |
Sydney (SYD) | Melbourne (MEL) | 438 | 436.6 | 0.09 | £0.66 | |
| 27 Jul 08 | |
Melbourne (MEL) | Singapore (SIN) | 3750 |
3747
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0.84 |
£6.29 |
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| 27 Jul 08 | |
Singapore (SIN) | London (LHR) | 6760 | 6754 | 1.62 | £12.13 | |
| 6 Sep 08 | |
London (LHR) | Seoul (ICN) | 5510 | 5510 |
1.28 |
£11.24 | |
| 12 Sep 08 | |
Seoul (ICN) | London (LHR) | 5510 | 5510 | 1.28 | £11.24 | |
| 22 Oct 08 | |
London (LHR) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £12.38 | |
| 23 Oct 08 | |
Hong Kong (HKG) | Sydney (SYD) | 4580 | 4580.1 | 1.04 | £9.16 | |
| 23 Oct 08 | |
Sydney (SYD) | Melbourne (MEL) | 438 | 436.6 | 0.09 | £0.82 | |
| 1 Nov 08 | |
Melbourne (MEL) |
Brisbane (BNE) |
857 | 857 | 0.16 | £1.39 | |
| 17 Nov 08 | |
Brisbane (BNE) |
Sydney (SYD) | 467 | 467 | 0.09 | £0.82 | |
| 17 Nov 08 | |
Sydney (SYD) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 4580 | 4580.1 | 1.04 | £9.16 | |
| 17 Nov 08 | |
Hong Kong (HKG) | London (LHR) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £12.38 |
| 6 Feb 09 | |
London (LHR) | Singapore (SIN) | 6760 | 6754 | 1.62 | £12.13 | |
| 6 Feb 09 | |
Singapore (SIN) | Melbourne (MEL) | 3750 |
3747
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0.84 |
£6.29 |
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| 15 Feb 09 | |
Melbourne (MEL) | Brisbane (BNE) | 857 | 859 | 0.16 | £1.36 | |
| 21 Feb 09 | |
Brisbane (BNE) | Singapore (SIN) | 3820 | 3820 | 0.85 | £7.35 | |
| 21 Feb 09 | |
Singapore (SIN) | London (LHR) | 6760 | 6754 | 1.62 | £12.13 | |
| 1 Mar 09 | |
London (LHR) | Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | 4760 | 4837.9 | 0.84 | £8.28 | |
| 1 Mar 09 | |
Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | Monterrey (MXD) | 526 | 535 | 0.1 | £0.90 | |
| 14 Mar 09 | |
Monterrey (MXD) | Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | 526 | 535 | 0.1 | £0.90 | |
| 14 Mar 09 | |
Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) | Philadelphia (PHL) | 1300 | 1292 | 0.23 | £1.98 | |
| 21 Mar 09 | |
Philadelphia (PHL) | Chicago (ORD) | 1300 | 1292 | 0.23 | £1.98 | |
| 21 Mar 09 | |
Chicago (ORD) | London (LHR) | 3940 | 3936.6 | 0.88 | £6.62 | |
| 20 May 09 | |
London (LHR) | Singapore (SIN) | 6760 | 6754 | 1.62 | £12.13 | |
| 21 May 09 | |
Singapore (SIN) | Melbourne (MEL) | 3750 |
3747
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0.84 |
£6.29 |
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| 1 Jun 09 | |
Melbourne (MEL) | Sydney (SYD) | 438 | 436.6 | 0.09 | £0.66 | |
| 1 Jun 09 | |
Sydney (SYD) | Bangkok (BKK) | 4680 | 4682 | 1.07 | £7.99 | |
| 2 Jun 09 | |
Bangkok (BKK) | London (LHR) | 5930 | 5926.7 | 1.39 | £10.42 | |
| 28 Jun 09 |  |
London (LHR) | Houston (IAH) | 4820 | 4823 | 1.1 | £9.49 | |
| 28 Jun 09 | |
Houston (IAH) | Monterrey (MTY) | 411 | 426 | 0.09 | £0.75 | |
| 8 Jul 09 | |
Monterrey (MTY) | Houston (IAH) | 411 | 426 | 0.09 | £0.75 | |
| 8 Jul 09 | |
Houston (IAH) | Oklahoma City (OKC) | 396 | 397 | 0.08 | £0.71 | |
| 11 Jul 09 | |
Oklahoma City (OKC) | Houston (IAH) | 396 | 397 | 0.08 | £0.71 | |
| 11 Jul 09 | |
Houston (IAH) | London (LHR) | 4820 | 4823 | 1.1 | £9.49 | |
| 25 Jul 09 |  |
London (LHR) | Bangkok (BKK) | 5930 | 5936 | 1.39 | £12.00 | |
| 25 Jul 09 | |
Bangkok (BKK) | Taipei (TPE) | 1540 | 1572 | 0.28 | £2.39 | |
| 8 Aug 09 | |
Taipei (TPE) | Bangkok (BKK) | 1540 | 1572 | 0.28 | £2.39 | |
| 8 Aug 09 | |
Bangkok (BKK) | London (LHR) | 5930 | 5936 | 1.39 | £12.00 | |
| 19 Aug 09 | |
London (LHR) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
| 19 Aug 09 | |
Hong Kong (HKG) | Melbourne (MEL) | 4600 | 4595 | 1.04 | £7.83 | |
| 7 Sep 09 | |
Melbourne (MEL) |
Singapore (SIN) | 3750 |
3747
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0.84 |
£6.29 |
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| 7 Sep 09 | |
Singapore (SIN) | London (LHR) | 6760 | 6754 | 1.62 | £12.13 | |
| 31 Oct 09 | |
London (LHR) | Bangkok (BKK) | 5930 | 5936 | 1.39 | £12.00 | |
| 1 Nov 09 | |
Bangkok (BKK) | Taipei (TPE) | 1540 | 1572 | 0.28 | £2.39 | |
| 9 Nov 09 | |
Taipei (TPE) | Bangkok (BKK) | 1540 | 1572 | 0.28 | £2.39 | |
| 9 Nov 09 | |
Bangkok (BKK) | London (LHR) | 5930 | 5936 | 1.39 | £12.00 | |
| 25 Nov 09 | |
London (LHR) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
| 26 Nov 09 | Dragon Air | Hong Kong (HKG) | Kaohsiung (KHH) | 393 | 393 | 0.08 | £0.70 | |
| 8 Dec 09 | Dragon Air | Kaohsiung (KHH) | Hong Kong (HKG) | 393 | 393 | 0.08 | £0.70 | |
| 8 Dec 09 | |
Hong Kong (HKG) |
London (LHR) | 5990 | 5987.6 | 1.41 | £10.54 | |
| Total | 506303 | 507313 | 114.24 | £889.94 |
| Yearly totals | # of flights | # of miles travelled | average miles travelled per flight |
| 2001 | 5 | 9199 | 1840 |
| 2003 | 6 | 13466 | 2244 |
| 2004 | 10 | 27931 | 2793 |
| 2005 | 24 | 82678 | 3445 |
| 2006 | 19 | 49135 | 2587 |
| 2007 | 34 | 88605 | 2606 |
| 2008 | 30 | 104432 | 3482 |
| 2009 | 38 | 130857 | 3444 |
| Total number of
miles flown = 506303 amount of carbon dumped into the environment = 114 tonnes (apparently) |
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Discussion, and related topics: The one thing I wanted to highlight with this page is that carbon offsetting is a very unprecise science... if you can call it a science at all. The companies that are selling you carbon offsets disagree with each other not only on the amounts of carbon that are discharged by air travel, but also on the cost to offset them. I do not think that all the offsetters are funding new projects, or using the money well. In any case, 60% or more of what you pay to offset is actually going on administration, and the companies' bottom line. Until there is definitive (or as close to possible) results for carbon discharge for air travel, i wouldn't pay any money to any company that is trying to guilt-trip me into buying carbon offsets. For something that directly relates to this page of mine, I suggest you watch the Channel 4 Despatches episode 'The great green smokescreen' to get a better view on companies that are now selling you carbon offsetting and their differing methods. If you've watched the film by Al Gore An Inconvenient Truth you will probably be thinking about reverting to a much simpler way of life. Basically i don't trust the science in Al Gores' film, his temperature records are skewed, and he has selectively chosen 'fringe' scientific studies that do not support the majority view in order to make his point. Foremost, he's a politician, not a climate scientist, and at the end of the day he's preaching because there is a lot of money to be made from green policies. And if the governments around the world have it their way, they may start TAXING us based on our carbon emissions. For a general overview of counter-green issues, check this wikipedia article out. How about watching the great global warming swindle - although much discussion has followed this programme and on the contributers to it. Try and watch CBS Newsworld Doomsday called off. Why do you not believe the green campaingers? Because those people are employed to tell companies and the rest of us that there is a problem. Their job depends upon it, so they aren't going to take no for an answer are they? if there actually is no problem, they're out of a job surely? So its in their best interests to perpetuate the myth of the global warming problem. While i agree that humans make an impact, its not doomsday quite as they say it is - to justify their job. Don't forget, that in the 1970's green campaigners and the scientific community were talking about 'The Big Chill' - yes, scientists looking at temperatures in a 50 year period noted that the temperature was dropping from WW2 until the late 70's, they expected it to continue and were warning of a coming ice-age! I think that a similar thing has occured in recent years, people have seen rises in global temperatures over a very short space of time and its time to break out the gas masks and go live in the shelter you built in the garden that was no use in the cold war - that also never happened. We are human, and we like to think that we are big and important, but the truth is, we are quite insignificant, and it is our own egos that make us think we are such a blight on the environment. Its also hard for us big-headed humans to comprehend the vastness of time, and that we are merely a bad smelling fart in the long long history of planet earth. I have studied Geology academically, and the thing we kept coming back to was just how staggeringly long the earth has been around, and that we are actually coming out of an ice age anyway, so what do you think happens when you come out of an ice age? Bearing in mind these transition periods take 10,000 years or so, its gonna get a bit warmer eh? |
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I sound like a right old fascist eh? The immediate thing that people usually say to someone like me that questions the whole 'global warming crisis' is that I've been listening to the oil companies too much. Oh yeh? who do you think is trying to sell you the new 'renewable' forms of energy, and is setting up, financing the carbon offsetting programmes? The big oil companies, big business. So be wary of what you accuse me of. I have mistrust of people with agendas and i don't trust what the governments have to say about this whole issue. I think its too early to say for sure what is and isn't causing it. Modern governments are a bit too quick to address tiny issues that concern the populace from one week to the next, instead of concentrating on enduring policy. This phenomenon has been summarised nicely in the metaphor 'Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering' go watch that series. I don't like pollution, i realise that i am polluting by flying so much, for that, i apologise. I don't trust any carbon 'offsetting' scheme, they are mostly deeply flawed, and just another way for someone to trick you out of your money under the guise of a good cause. Its a good plan though, all this bru-ha ha about global warming, its a convenient way to take the publics' attention away from the middle-east and the total mess we're in over there. I'm not surprised the governments are pushing this ill-informed global warming scam on us, get the public militant about something, so long as its not about the war and we'll be ok :-) MY DEFENSE: Every lightbulb in my house is a compact flourescent, which provides perfectly adequate lighting, at about 30% of the energy it would usually take to run my house with normal incandescents. It makes perfect sense, it saves loads on electricity bills, and isn't a power hog. Even this reccomendation to switch to CFL's has further enriched the debate about how much energy is actually saved because of the manufacturing processes - but ultimately they save more energy over incandescents. When I work in London, i use the trains all the time (for my sins), even for short journeys into the town centre, it'll be by walking and the train. At the end of the day, there are way too many factors involved in arguing a point either way, its up to each of us to make our own minds up, and not be preached to, we're all human, and make mistakes in facts and in judgement. So in all honesty, we have no hope, we are a meandering bunch of lunatics destined for that religious apocolypse that some people would have you believe is also, fast approaching. |