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And sadly industry dwarfs the CO2 emissions of this frequent flyer (and the rest of us personally). While it's admirable to work on ways of ways to reduce your

And sadly industry dwarfs the CO2 emissions of this frequent flyer (and the rest of us personally). While it's admirable to work on ways of ways to reduce your personal footprint (especially as a way to communicate the problem to others) - actually impacting CO2 levels needs to come from broad regulation. The numbers are just too large and skewed.

KptMarchewa 4y ago
Industry provides valuable products for billions of people. Hundreds of reckless flights that could be zoom meetings benefit no one.
- prepend 4y ago
  What makes you think these flights could be replaced by zoom meetings. Why not assume that GP has spent lots of time carefully considering if they must travel or could replace. Or maybe there are 500 zoom calls and 150 flights. Assuming that GP is competent and smart, rather than that we are smart and they are stupid is more likely to be accurate. I don’t assume my situation is the same as others as this is unlikely to be true.
- cutemonster 4y ago
  Industry also fills the oceans with plastics ... And makes climate change happen (Not saying flying a lot is good)
- twosdayz 4y ago
  What was the market for zoom meetings 5-10 years ago?
- throwawaylinux 4y ago
  > Industry provides valuable products for billions of people. Yes, airplanes and jet fuel for example. > Hundreds of reckless flights that could be zoom meetings benefit no one. Sounds like they were recreational. Or is happiness not permitted either? I'd better not drive 10 minutes down to the beach to walk my dog tomorrow in case the carbon police catch me, lol. For that matter I'll bet having a dog in the first place makes me a greenhouse nazi because he doesn't much like eating bugs.
  - KptMarchewa 4y ago
    >Or is happiness not permitted either? Excessive? Better no. >I'd better not drive 10 minutes down to the beach to walk my dog tomorrow in case the carbon police catch me, lol. "drive to walk" is this even real?
    - throwawaylinux 4y ago
      > Excessive? Better no. Excessive according to your judgement? > "drive to walk" is this even real? Absolutely carbon-haram? Driving only permitted for essential business reasons?
  - lwhi 4y ago
    A throwaway account for this type of comment doesn't exactly give your words much gravitas.
    - throwawaylinux 4y ago
      Good argument.
admissionsguy 4y ago
But it is not at all admirable to post passive-aggressive comments like they did here.
- lwhi 4y ago
  It's a fair comment. I don't think it was passive aggressive. It was just straightforward.

KptMarchewa 4y ago

Industry provides valuable products for billions of people. Hundreds of reckless flights that could be zoom meetings benefit no one.

prepend 4y ago
What makes you think these flights could be replaced by zoom meetings. Why not assume that GP has spent lots of time carefully considering if they must travel or could replace. Or maybe there are 500 zoom calls and 150 flights. Assuming that GP is competent and smart, rather than that we are smart and they are stupid is more likely to be accurate. I don’t assume my situation is the same as others as this is unlikely to be true.
cutemonster 4y ago
Industry also fills the oceans with plastics ... And makes climate change happen (Not saying flying a lot is good)
twosdayz 4y ago
What was the market for zoom meetings 5-10 years ago?
throwawaylinux 4y ago
> Industry provides valuable products for billions of people. Yes, airplanes and jet fuel for example. > Hundreds of reckless flights that could be zoom meetings benefit no one. Sounds like they were recreational. Or is happiness not permitted either? I'd better not drive 10 minutes down to the beach to walk my dog tomorrow in case the carbon police catch me, lol. For that matter I'll bet having a dog in the first place makes me a greenhouse nazi because he doesn't much like eating bugs.
- KptMarchewa 4y ago
  >Or is happiness not permitted either? Excessive? Better no. >I'd better not drive 10 minutes down to the beach to walk my dog tomorrow in case the carbon police catch me, lol. "drive to walk" is this even real?
  - throwawaylinux 4y ago
    > Excessive? Better no. Excessive according to your judgement? > "drive to walk" is this even real? Absolutely carbon-haram? Driving only permitted for essential business reasons?
- lwhi 4y ago
  A throwaway account for this type of comment doesn't exactly give your words much gravitas.
  - throwawaylinux 4y ago
    Good argument.

admissionsguy 4y ago

But it is not at all admirable to post passive-aggressive comments like they did here.

lwhi 4y ago
It's a fair comment. I don't think it was passive aggressive. It was just straightforward.