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> Those of you who are against air travel for climate reasons, can you share a source that has convinced you that it is a real problem? 1. As others have said:
by vaylian 4y ago
> Those of you who are against air travel for climate reasons, can you share a source that has convinced you that it is a real problem?
1. As others have said: Many things contribute some non-trivial percentage to climate change. And anything that is above 1% on a global scale is non-trivial.
2. Personal carbon budgets are very quickly exhausted by flying
3. You have to start somewhere to avoid emissions. Some things are harder to avoid than others. I am convinced that 99% of flights are not needed to maintain a good standard of living. It is a low-hanging fruit that we need to pick. The same thing applies to cruise ships.
- saulpw 4y agoI agree that cruise ships are an abomination in terms of energy consumption. But wrt flying, the whole "personal carbon budget" thing is a PR move by the major carbon generators to shift responsibility from themselves (who have the ability to make systemic changes) onto individuals (who don't). The planes fly anyway; business travelers make them worthwhile even if they are mostly empty. Your 100kg does not make an appreciable difference, and no significant percentage will stop flying even if most vacationers abstain. See in particular the flights that flew completely empty during early COVID so the airlines could keep their precious airport terminal allocations.