John Kerry Generates 12 Tons of CO2 on Trip Discussing Climate Change – ‘Kerry’s trip generated about 2/3rds the carbon output of avg. American in one year’
'Flying first class from Washington to Seoul to Beijing to Jakarta to Abu Dhabi and then back to Washington runs up roughly 12.16 metric tons of carbon dioxide, according to CarbonFootprint.com, which uses data from the EPA and Department of Energy. The average American generates about 19 tons of carbon dioxide in a year. So in one week, just from flying from meeting to meeting, Kerry generated about two-thirds the carbon output of the average American in one year.'
