Article on Flight Shaming and Carbon Emission
11-05-2019 | 06:01 AM
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Article on Flight Shaming and Carbon Emission
http://news.trust.org/item/20191105110922-soqa0
I hope the link works. I have always been a fan of sailing, but know in reality most people don't have a month or two to get somewhere.
I hope the link works. I have always been a fan of sailing, but know in reality most people don't have a month or two to get somewhere.
11-05-2019 | 06:44 AM
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But that doesn't account for the economic and personal cost of the lost time and the required travel infrastructure. Or going around mountains, or over water.
11-11-2019 | 11:47 AM
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I'm at the point where I tell people that when I start seeing the transcontinental shipping and cruise ship industry also start aggressively tackling their emissions, they can come back to aviation.
Modern aircraft are so much more efficient that there are much better low hanging fruit to go after now...
Modern aircraft are so much more efficient that there are much better low hanging fruit to go after now...
11-11-2019 | 01:18 PM
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The nice thing is they are hurting their own cause. They are making this political and it's one of the reason you see more and more people rolling their eyes are the hysteria surrounding this climate alarmism.
11-13-2019 | 09:59 AM
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That and the fact that there are a few doctorate level Climatologists, very respected by their peers, that have written papers that contradict the climate alarmist claims. Those however are not publicized by the media 24/7.
11-15-2019 | 05:04 PM
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11-15-2019 | 05:20 PM
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