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I thought we had global warming?
by TedShiller 5y ago
I thought we had global warming?
- eggsmediumrare 5y agoHow else are they going to go see Greta speak?
- wesleywt 5y agoGreta travels by boat. If only more people were internally consistent as her.
- vidanay 5y agoUnless it's by sail-boat, I don't think the emissions per passenger mile of a boat is better than an airplane.
- version_five 5y agoIf you cross an ocean on a sailboat, either putting your life or the life of your crew on hold for days, are you still using resources in the best way? If I own a business that employs a bunch of people, am I better off taking time out from running it to sail somewhere so I can save the transportation emissions, instead of focusing my time on helping all those people be productive? People already choose transportation based on how their time can be used most efficiently. Maybe you could argue that wastrel bitcoin playboys or whatever should travel by sailboat, but the for the majority of people, even a sailboat is a pretend 0th order win that neglects any other effects of that travel choice.
- javagram 5y agoThe referenced travel by Greta was in a sailboat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_Greta_Thunberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_Greta_Thunberg Probably not practical for most though.
- chewz 5y agoGreta travels by boat then 5 person crew flies to take the boat back home… https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2019/08/16/crew-of-five-are-flying-to-new-york-to-bring-gretas-boat-back/ https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2019/08/16/cre...
- dogorman 5y agoAs has always been the case I think, common plebs are expected to sacrifice so the elite can continue their lives of luxury.
- phone8675309 5y agoShut up and eat your bugs, pleb.
- _moof 5y agoI've so far failed to understand why aircraft get singled out when it comes to climate change. They produce something like 3.5% of global emissions, but they definitely get more than 3.5% of global attention. Please do convince me though. I'd like to understand. (In the interest of full disclosure, I should note that I've been in the aviation industry and sort of still am.)
- tobylane 5y agoVisbility of both them and the alternatives (and perhaps the people and uses). Compare that to say bunker fuel in the cargo ships. We don't see the ships, we don't understand the fuel, I would struggle to name an alternative propulsion better than something in early research like those spinning 'sails'.
- TedShiller 5y agoI think it's an optical problem since the emissions of private aviation are so massive and there is an easy alternative (just fly commercial first class). There is little sympathy for this. Heating my small apartment is not an optical problem: If I don't heat it in the winter, I might actually die, there is no alternative for me, and the emissions are not that big. Everyone can have sympathy for that.