American Airlines plane engine catches fire after landing in Denver
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Video showed people standing on a wing of the aircraft, which was evacuated using the slides. Twelve people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, officials said.
  • Patch@feddit.uk
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    3 days ago

    Did you know that rice produced nearly as much greenhouse gases as aviation in 2020? Are you going to call on people to stop eating rice?

    Eating is non-optional. There are no staple foods that have a zero carbon footprint, and rice is not exceptionally bad compared to other starches. Rice is roughly equivalent to aviation because there is a lot more rice-eating going on than flying.

    Flying is optional for a lot of people. Most people don’t need to fly, or could fly less than they do. Lower-carbon travel options are available for many journeys.

    To put your figures another way- if everyone flew half as much, we’d save as much carbon as half the entire global production of rice. That’s a lot.

    Cars are a much bigger one. Take a friggin bus, cycle, or walk more. Residential heating is a big problem too. You don’t need 25C during the winter in your home. You don’t need a 10-20 minute shower.

    Those are all great ideas and you should do all those things too.