“European airspace, shrouded in a toxic cloud, has actually become remarkably cleaner in the last few days, at least in CO2 terms.”
According to NRDC’s Peter Malik, the erupting Mt. Eyjafjallajökull has emitted less carbon dioxide than a normally functioning European aviation sector would emit in sixty normal minutes.
Update: Looks like the numbers I used above were wrong. Sorry. The quote still works, however.
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