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This is exactly the problem! Some people insist something is immoral without doing any quantitive analysis. (The statement "one flight produces the same amount

This is exactly the problem! Some people insist something is immoral without doing any quantitive analysis. (The statement "one flight produces the same amount of CO2 as ..." is not good enough analysis. Airlines (including freight) produce about 2% of all emissions, so if all people stop using planes completely, it will amount only to 2% reduction). (Should I also avoid buying something with expedited delivery because it will be deliverd by an airplane? Should I stop flying for a vacation once a year? Should I stop inviting my parents to visit me, because they would come by plane?) How can we be sure that flying is more immoral than other activities which produce CO2 (including driving, housing, electricity and so on)? And again, even if in theory all people in the world will try to do only the "right" things, it will still work worse than carbon tax. Simply because people don't know and cannot know much CO2 in that particular dollar spent, but competivite market knows. Shaming is just counter-productive virtue signalling. Carbon tax is a rational and efficient way to solve CO2 emissions riddle.

guerrilla 6y ago
> Should I also avoid buying something with expedited delivery because it will be deliverd by an airplane? Should I stop flying for a vacation once a year? Should I stop inviting my parents to visit me, because they would come by plane Yes, obviously. > How can we be sure that flying is more immoral than other activities which produce CO2 (including driving, housing, electricity and so on)? Others have answered this in this thread and elsewhere repeatedly. > And again, even if in theory all people in the world will try to do only the "right" things, it will still work worse than carbon tax Again, false dichotomy. > Shaming is just counter-productive virtue signalling. Carbon tax is a rational and efficient way to solve CO2 emissions riddle This is just a nonsense divisive ans dismissive classification. It's called asking people not to do bad things and not doing bad things. Pretty simple.
- lightgreen 6y ago
  >> Should I stop inviting my parents to visit me, because they would come by plane > Yes, obviously I rest my case.

guerrilla 6y ago

> Should I also avoid buying something with expedited delivery because it will be deliverd by an airplane? Should I stop flying for a vacation once a year? Should I stop inviting my parents to visit me, because they would come by plane Yes, obviously. > How can we be sure that flying is more immoral than other activities which produce CO2 (including driving, housing, electricity and so on)? Others have answered this in this thread and elsewhere repeatedly. > And again, even if in theory all people in the world will try to do only the "right" things, it will still work worse than carbon tax Again, false dichotomy. > Shaming is just counter-productive virtue signalling. Carbon tax is a rational and efficient way to solve CO2 emissions riddle This is just a nonsense divisive ans dismissive classification. It's called asking people not to do bad things and not doing bad things. Pretty simple.

lightgreen 6y ago
>> Should I stop inviting my parents to visit me, because they would come by plane > Yes, obviously I rest my case.