Isn’t it also conceivable that each IETF meeting, on average, leads to the adoption of technologies that *reduces* the world’s carbon consumption, making the overall global carbon footprint of an IETF meeting *negative*? And that perhaps having an in-person IETF meeting increases this effect - so much so that the overall global carbon footprint of an in-person IETF meeting is even more negative than that of a fully-remote IETF meeting? Should this be the case, will participants in an in-person IETF meeting be compensated for their attendance :-) :-) Ross.
