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Originally Posted by DCM
when you go to the domestic flight market in America, where some are nearly empty, and none are really full, the economies of scale fall by the wayside.
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That certainly used to be the case, an awful lot of domestic airlines in the US have gone bust though as a result. So that is changing very quickly, especially with fuel prices and economic instability speeding it all.
Using actual figures for pollution though, the airline industry is responsible for just 2% of all manmade CO2 emissions yet in terms of media coverage (% of articles 2008) the media reports (blames) the aviation industry in over 15%. I have often seen on the TV people criticise flight, yet in reality other transport, manufacturing energy, construction etc are all much bigger polluters.