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this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2026
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Should I opt for a 30 hour journey or a 4 hour flight hmmmm
Was the journey that necessary?
I haven't step on a plane in 15 years and counting. Maybe some travel is necessary, but surely not all traveling is necessary.
Yes, it was necessary. It was for a wedding.
The one that's less carbon intensive. A few days isn't that long.
If we are very optimistic your 4 hour flight caused roughly 240kg of co2 and if we assume poor conditions for the llm it would use about .012g co2 per token, then the flight equals roughly 19 King James Bibles in llm formatting.
Doesn't mean the flight is always objectively worse, but getting worked up over someone who's actually involving themselves in the climate using llm to format a text is nonsense imo. Did you check if they were eating meat or what clothes they were wearing?