18 SPRING 2019 • POPSCI.COM by Eleanor Cummins / illustration by Lucy Engelman
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WHEN YOU ROAD-TRIP TO DISNEY OR JET FIRST CLASS ACROSS THE
country, you feel the sucker punch to your savings. Appre ci ating
how it impacts the planet is more abstract. So we represented
the carbon cost of a solo 1,700-mile trip from Chicago to LACar — Gas-powered
1,836 lb. of CO 2Car — SUV
2,363 lb. of CO 2Plane — First class
1,286 lb. of CO 2Car — Electric, power from wind
0 lb. of CO 2Car — Electric, power from oil
549 lb. of CO 2Coach Bus
289 lb. of CO 2Plane — Economy class
643 lb. of CO 2Train
629 lb. of CO 2