4 August

The material infrastructure of our lives is something that needs to be much more visible. I’ve mentioned before the exorbitant use of energy that travel-based flying is, for example. But I’m not sure people see just how bad it is, so I’ve done it visually. I’m also not sure people realise that the class you fly in has such a huge effect. But even for basic economy, we’re talking *tonnes* of fuel, per trip. Per family. Even an individual will burn a tonne, in economy, and much more in higher classes. Europe is on fire right now, and in severe drought in many places. It might pay to think how much burning tonnes of jet fuel to become one of its millions of annoying tourists contributes to that.