USGBCNF Blog Green Tip of the Week: Reduce Your Carbon Footprint From Air Travel

General. Until petroleum-based aviation fuel is replaced, you should avoid flying when possible, fly less frequently, fly shorter distances, and fly economy class.Leisure Air Travel. Take fewer and longer vacations that are far away, and more frequent and driveable "staycations" closer to home.Work Air Travel. Increase your use of video-conferencing tools like Skype and Facetime.What class? Economy class is best, for the same reasons as carpooling and public transportation. Each flyer's share of a flight's carbon emissions is relatively less because it's spread out over more people.That's Economy class. When Price William flies economy class, he's leading by example. Then there's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud, or the Sultan of Brunei, who buy entire economy-size planes and convert them into flying palaces.Don't fly on private jets. Fly first or business class if you must, because at least those seats always fill up anyway, and avoid private jets, including services like NetJets and XOJET.Don't buy a Honda. HondaJet, that is. Their cars are fine, though.Don't be a space tourist. Watch NOVΛ on PBS instead. Richard Branson's "spaceline" Virgin Galactic seeks to right the injustice that "most of our planet's seven billion people have had no opportunity to experience space" and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin promises "life-changing views" of what's left of our planet.Source: Cotap.org