The fuel consumption feels like the bigger problem since contrails last for hours vs co2 that lasts damn near forever.
They are roughly equal problems at the moment.
> Recent estimates show that contrails cause about the same amount of warming each year as all the CO₂ emitted by all flights from 1940 to 2018.
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They are roughly equal problems at the moment.
> Recent estimates show that contrails cause about the same amount of warming each year as all the CO₂ emitted by all flights from 1940 to 2018.