Agreed. There is too much air travel these days, when there is little or no need for it.
That said, my brother works for Airbus... Erm, MORE PLANES!!!! WE NEED MORE PLANES!
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Carbon cuts to be higher |
Domestic carbon emissions will have to be cut even more to allow the aviation industry to grow. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8243922.stm Surely we need to trim back the aviation industry instead. Why do we need domestic flights to start off with? |
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| Author: | big_D [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Carbob cuts to be higher |
Agreed. There is too much air travel these days, when there is little or no need for it. That said, my brother works for Airbus... Erm, MORE PLANES!!!! WE NEED MORE PLANES!
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Carbob cuts to be higher |
Carbob?  We need to focus on coping with the changes rather than worrying about aviation, surely? Isn't shipping a larger polluter? |
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| Author: | big_D [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:15 am ] | |||||||||
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Per tonne transported, shipping is a relatively minor polluter, in comparison to flying. Some shipping lines are also looking at kites and sails to help reduce fuel costs, which in turn reduces emissions. It is still a relatively small market, but with rising fuel costs, I can see more and more ships being converted to hybrid propulsion... |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:00 pm ] | |||||||||
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Typo. I’ll change it. |
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I assumed he was the petrol-head brother to Sideshow Bob. |
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| Author: | okenobi [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Carbon cuts to be higher |
We need domestic flights because we don't have a decent rail network. Instead of constantly trimming things, we should be looking to generate more non-carbon based power (nuclear or renewable) and investigating how to deal with "climate change" and all the other change that has rapidly happened over the past 150yrs. |
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| Author: | timark_uk [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Carbon cuts to be higher |
I think we should just kill every one in a prison, any where in the world. Mark |
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| Author: | okenobi [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:45 pm ] | |||||||||
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Like my Murphys...... One of those days today Mark? |
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| Author: | timark_uk [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:51 pm ] | |||||||||
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Mark |
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| Author: | pcernie [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:00 pm ] | |||||||||
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Liberal no0b! 
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Carbon cuts to be higher |
Domestic flights are made of win. Here to Newcastle in under an hour? Yes please. |
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| Author: | timark_uk [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Carbon cuts to be higher |
Belfast - London/anywhere in the UK is classed as a domestic flight. To have those removed and replaced with having to catch a ferry to Scotland then the train down to London (or wherever) would be a serious drawback, in my opinion. Mark |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:33 pm ] | |||||||||
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There will be a tunnel eventually. I have never taken a domestic flight, and I really can‘t see why I should. I’ll drive or take a train. There are times when I think we need o question more the facility of everything and what the cost is - not in energy consumption but in the insatiable need to be •there• instantly. |
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| Author: | timark_uk [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:50 pm ] | |||||||||
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London to France is profitable, there's no way a Belfast - anywhere on the mainland wouldn't be anywhere near profitable enough to justify the expense of creating it. Mark |
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