It can be difficult to reduce your carbon footprint for transportation when you have to drive on your own car og take flights to the other side of the country to visit your family because there are no other types of transportation available. What can you do when there are no other options but still want to keep visiting your family?

I agree I do a lot of traveling and was shocked by my carbon footprint. There should to be some way to reduce carbon emissions of airplane flights or possibly switch to renewable energy to power airplanes.

I agree with this statement.  In fact, I thought the exact same thing.  I have to drive a lot due to my large schedule, and the places I go to are too far to ride a bike.  Not to mention, I do not have buses in my town. So there are not many solutions for me when it comes to transportation.  As for flying across the world, I know I have visited several countries by boat before.  While it is not the fastest way of transportation, it is fun, and maybe can be used as an alternative to flying every once in awhile.

I agree with this. It can be hard to find alternatives to flying. It is so efficient and gets you all over the world. I think the best we can do right now is to reduce our other areas of carbon emissions to lessen the impact of flying.

I think now more than ever that keeping in touch with family is especially difficult without a large carbon footprint. I experience the same thing with my family in Germany. I have found it useful that in order to simply just keep in contact that video chatting has been able to replace in person celebrations, which in turn limits your carbon footprint. If your family lives near a city than maybe try to plan carpooling with your extended family to reduce individual carbon footprints.