In 2000 the world's greenhouse emissions were 34 billion tons of CO2-equlivalent per year and the approximate population of the world is 6 billion.
So roughly we can say that the average emissions per person is 5 or 6 tons of CO2-equivalent per year.
Average person's emissions = 6 tons
A typical round-trip intercontinental flight (whatever that is) emits about 2 tons of CO2 per passenger.
Average round trip = 2 tonsSo one trip per year is something like a third of the average person's carbon emissions.
Please read the excellent (and free) book Sustainable Energy without the hot air from David JC Mackay 2009
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