For typical middle-class people (like the ones probably reading this), usually the single worst thing they do is flying. It’s the only way to blow your personal carbon budget for the whole year in just a few hours.
Well done for being ethically coherent. Estimates vary, but to be sustainable on a planet of 9 billion, the number of flights per person per year has to be really low indeed, functionally zero. So I’m with you more or less - almost no more flying.
I think when it comes to flying we should go back to balloons. We don’t need to reach far distances as quickly as we do, and we could drastically cut emissions if we grounded all the planes.
For typical middle-class people (like the ones probably reading this), usually the single worst thing they do is flying. It’s the only way to blow your personal carbon budget for the whole year in just a few hours.
That’s at the individual level.
And air travel is increasing.
Air travel for leisure / tourism is environmentally irresponsible to the extent that I cannot personally justify my participation.
Well done for being ethically coherent. Estimates vary, but to be sustainable on a planet of 9 billion, the number of flights per person per year has to be really low indeed, functionally zero. So I’m with you more or less - almost no more flying.
I think when it comes to flying we should go back to balloons. We don’t need to reach far distances as quickly as we do, and we could drastically cut emissions if we grounded all the planes.