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Meccano
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"1 euro" airline fares - wunnerful, no doubt.
But is it sustainable? Is it ethical?
In an era of global climate warming, ecological disasters, waning natural resources and restrictive treaties on carbon emissions - WHY should it be possible to buy an airline ticket for 1 euro?
A modern short haul jet aircraft burns about 2,500 kilos of jet fuel per hour. Which equates to over two Metric Tonnes of carbon exhausted into the atmosphere per hour.
With the proliferation of cheap air transport encouraging 'frivolous' or spur of the moment journeys - is there not an argument that air transport has become too cheap for the good of the climate and that it is time to start restricting such crazy use of finite resources and atmospheric pollutants.
Perhaps a hefty tax on aviation fuel is needed now - or a minimum cost per ticket sold? Say, 200 USD per hour of short haul flight?
Or even a quota on airmiles per person per annum?
But is it sustainable? Is it ethical?
In an era of global climate warming, ecological disasters, waning natural resources and restrictive treaties on carbon emissions - WHY should it be possible to buy an airline ticket for 1 euro?
A modern short haul jet aircraft burns about 2,500 kilos of jet fuel per hour. Which equates to over two Metric Tonnes of carbon exhausted into the atmosphere per hour.
With the proliferation of cheap air transport encouraging 'frivolous' or spur of the moment journeys - is there not an argument that air transport has become too cheap for the good of the climate and that it is time to start restricting such crazy use of finite resources and atmospheric pollutants.
Perhaps a hefty tax on aviation fuel is needed now - or a minimum cost per ticket sold? Say, 200 USD per hour of short haul flight?
Or even a quota on airmiles per person per annum?