CO2 (D)Emissions, Revised & Updated Time to Have Some Fun with Math

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a Flight Options program called Fly Right, in which our pilots take steps to reduce fuel burn. I mentioned that we conserved about 1 million gallons of jet fuel in our first year of Fly Right (2007). And, being somewhat math-challenged myself, I asked if anybody might like to figure out how much in the way of carbon emissions we did not release, as a result of this program.

FO Small Cabin Pilot Support Manager Mike McLeod has made some calculations based on available data for how much CO2 is released into the atmosphere during flight:

1 Gallon = 3.785 Liters x 0.81 Kg/L = 3.06585 Kg x 3.16 Kg CO2/Kg kerosene = 9.688086 Kg CO2

So:

1 Gal Jet Fuel = 9.688086 Kg CO2 x 2.205 Lb/Kg = 21.36222963 Lb CO2

Therefore:

1,000,000 Gal Jet Fuel saved x 21.36222963 Lb CO2/Gal = 21,362,229.63 Lb CO2 saved last year thanks to Fly Right.

Pretty green, no matter how you look at it!

Thanks, Mike!