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Originally Posted by BdubNYC
[On a side note, "Greenies" has quite a negative connotation. I strive to ensure that the planet we happen to live on is in good health. I don't necessarily agree with some of the principles behind their reasoning - but speculating Environmental Protection agencies can lobby against a multi-billion dollar industry such as aviation is ludicrous.]
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Don't get me wrong, I'm an avid outdoors type and I take a keen interest in the environment. It just seems that the big environmental proponents are people who have no practical experience in the real world. They know how to complain, protest, litigate, regulate, and tear things down but have no idea what it takes to run an industrialized society. They are not engineers
Some of them think we should go back to subsistence farming and to heck with industrialized society. Well guess what...we will need to have a global thermonuclear war first to cut the population by about 80%. Humanity has already grown too large...we need large scale industrial process to feed, house, and care for everyone. There is no going back.
The aviation industry is small potatoes compared to big green politics...take a look at Europe. They are already starting to regulate airline emissions, and many of their schemes will end up double-taxing carriers. They will pay at the pump and then also with a ticket tax. Once emissions are capped, growth is impossible (airlines can't afford offsets like other industries) until aircraft and engine manufacturers can reduce fuel burn and emissions. This is VERY, VERY serious threat to the economics of the airlines, and if you think it's not you should do a little research. Aviation week covers it pretty well on an on-going basis.