20210728, #breakfastdiary 163, 28°C/clear
Julienne carrots into long strips, toss with vinaigrette, feta cheese, and pepper, and let sit for a while.
Coat a pan with olive oil, toast the bread, and top with the carrot rapé. #carrotrapebruschetta
According to what Professor Murace told The Guardian, a single passenger on a long-haul flight emits 1 to 3 tons of carbon dioxide, but a single rocket launch carrying 4 passengers emits 200 to 300 tons.
(Kim Min-je, The Space Tourism Era Has Begun... What About the Carbon Emissions?)
By using a tumbler all year round, avoiding disposables, and cutting back on electricity use—with enormous effort, and enduring plenty of side-eyes and nagging along the way—you might reduce about 1 ton of carbon a year. But a single flight casually cancels out (?) all of that effort. Is space tourism something we can even justify?