{"id":6471,"date":"2012-01-24T02:00:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T10:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6471"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:19:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:19:59","slug":"the-real-cost-of-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/01\/24\/the-real-cost-of-flying\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Cost of Flying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Plastic-Bottle-on-Beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6474\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/01\/24\/the-real-cost-of-flying\/plastic-bottle-on-beach\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Plastic-Bottle-on-Beach.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Plastic Bottle on Beach\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Plastic bottle on beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Plastic-Bottle-on-Beach-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Plastic-Bottle-on-Beach.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6474\" title=\"Plastic Bottle on Beach\" src=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Plastic-Bottle-on-Beach.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Plastic-Bottle-on-Beach.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Plastic-Bottle-on-Beach-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>What is the real cost of flying?\u00a0 Between the plastic baggies, plastic travel size bottles of sundries, and bottled water (more plastic, which often ends up in the <a title=\"Plastic in Our Oceans, &amp; How to Keep it Out {Infographic}\" href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2011\/07\/28\/plastic-in-our-oceans-how-to-keep-it-out-infographic\/\">oceans<\/a> and on our <a title=\"Spotted: Pollution on a Malaysian Beach\" href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2011\/11\/28\/spotted-pollution-on-a-malaysian-beach\/\">beaches<\/a>), how much is this costing us as individuals?\u00a0 This infographic from eCollegeFinder.org lays it out for us.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the image to see a full-size version.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1201_tsainfographic_1024w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6472\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/01\/24\/the-real-cost-of-flying\/1201_tsainfographic_03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1201_tsainfographic_1024w.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1950\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TSA The Real Cost of Flying\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The real cost of flying&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1201_tsainfographic_1024w-157x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1201_tsainfographic_1024w-537x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6472\" title=\"TSA The Real Cost of Flying\" src=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1201_tsainfographic_1024w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1201_tsainfographic_1024w.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1201_tsainfographic_1024w-157x300.jpg 157w, https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/1201_tsainfographic_1024w-537x1024.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Real Cost of Flying courtesy of <a title=\"eCollegeFinder\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecollegefinder.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">eCollegeFinder.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Plastic Bottle on Beach\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/cat.mhtml?lang=en&amp;search_source=search_form&amp;version=llv1&amp;anyorall=all&amp;safesearch=1&amp;searchterm=plastic+beach&amp;photos=on&amp;search_group=&amp;horizontal=on&amp;orient=&amp;search_cat=&amp;searchtermx=&amp;photographer_name=&amp;people_gender=&amp;people_age=&amp;people_ethnicity=&amp;people_number=&amp;commercial_ok=&amp;color=&amp;show_color_wheel=1#id=71263024&amp;src=94eddfdb58bd8c52b7adf1aca136d733-1-50\" target=\"_blank\">Plastic bottle on beach<\/a> via Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the real cost of flying?  Between the plastic baggies, plastic travel size bottles of sundries, and bottled water (more plastic, which often ends up in the oceans and on our beaches), how much is this costing us as individuals?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":6474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[2854,1538,1682,2206,2220],"yst_prominent_words":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Plastic-Bottle-on-Beach.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6471"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=6471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}