Should we get rid of air miles for climate change?

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221122-should-we-get-rid-of-air-miles-for-climate-change

by rntn • 4 years ago

3 6 4 years ago

No, we should not keep trying to eliminate prosperity for the human race out of some religious fear.

We should instead abandon the modern anti-humanist religion and return to the one human superpower, discarded 40 years ago to our great cost: humanity's ability to adapt it's environment to suit it.

gardenfelder• 4 years ago

OMFG!

tamaharbor• 4 years ago

Whatever we do, let me know when China and India and Russia are on board with it.

melling• 4 years ago

Run the math and see what kind of a difference it will make.

36 billion tons of CO2 minus X.

thaanpaa• 4 years ago

Aviation is responsible for (depending on who you ask) around 2-4 % of all CO2 emissions. It really is at the very end of the list of things to worry about.

More than half of CO2 is produced by the energy sector. More than a quarter is produced by wheeled vehicles with combustion engines. Solving these two alone would also slash the lifecycle emissions of most consumables.

So, let's concentrate on these things first, shan't we?

hackrnusr• 4 years ago

Climate change is a convenient distraction from addressing the problems that we really need to solve, like creating more affordable housing.

Should we get rid of air miles for climate change?

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