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The problem with banning private jets for reasons of climate change: it is nothing but symbolism. A private jet user might be personally guilty of having a lar
by geff82 4y ago
The problem with banning private jets for reasons of climate change: it is nothing but symbolism.
A private jet user might be personally guilty of having a large carbon footprint, but as there are only comparatively small numbers of private jets flying around, fighting against them serves the planet about nothing.
Changing the way we produce electricity, the way we power our cars, the way we heat homes, on the other hand, can have MASSIVE effects on carbon emissions (without sacrificing too much - just as an example: my rather new house has thick walls, so in summer we do not need a cooler and in winter a heat pump is enough).
- scrumper 4y agoDon't forget shipping too - a huge, huge contributor. Itself dwarfed by agriculture... Humans go for symbolism though and hate hypocrites. Banning private jets has a delicious reveng-y feeling against the sanctimonious super-rich lecturing us about reducing our footprint - anyone who's flown commercial knows exactly how much it would hurt them. I'm against the ban because it's pointless, and because the GA sector isn't minuscule so there are a lot of jobs at risk, and because once they ban private jets they'll come for my powerboat. Better I think to just suck some more out of their bloated wallets to cover the externalities. Earmarked Jet-A taxes, for example. Mandatory offsetting.