Fiction Prediction, "Flight Shame" and 'A Gift of Wings'?
He must really like his job don't you think?-)
Airline boss’s grim warning about climate change
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| The hardest thing is the flying side of things |
“If you look at the Europeans, the French do one thing, the Dutch do another, the Germans do another, the Brits do something else. There is no homogeny in all of that.”
Air travel across the world accounts for about 2.5 per cent of the world’s emissions.
For Emirates, fuel accounts for more than 30 per cent of the company’s running costs.
For Emirates, fuel accounts for more than 30 per cent of the company’s running costs.
In 2018-19 its fuel bill was $13 billion.
Sir Tim admitted the aviation industry could do more to tackle the climate crisis.
Sir Tim admitted the aviation industry could do more to tackle the climate crisis.
But he also said the rest of the world needed to step up.
And while the world can’t agree on how to tackle climate change, nothing will be done.
“The United States is not at the top level a believer in climate change,” he said in reference to US President Donald Trump.“
And while the world can’t agree on how to tackle climate change, nothing will be done.
“The United States is not at the top level a believer in climate change,” he said in reference to US President Donald Trump.“
Brazilians don’t share the view.
Australia is very interested, but you’ve got some hardliners on both sides.
“Recent events like Extinction Rebelion and Greta – these are wake-up calls, they are alarm bells going off – they’re not going to solve the problem, they’re just telling us that we’re not moving at a pace we should be moving to deal with it, and everybody’s got to do it.”
But Sir Tim said one of the biggest issues in tackling climate change was the lack of a united effort.
He suggested the easiest way to deal with the issue was taxing big polluters, with that money then invested into developing synthetic and renewable fuels."
At 2.5 per cent of the world’s emissions I think the "flight shamers" need to calm down a little and stop acting like it's the end of the world.
But it might not hurt to assume the crash position, just in case;-)
Putting Out the Fires With Kerosene?!
“Recent events like Extinction Rebelion and Greta – these are wake-up calls, they are alarm bells going off – they’re not going to solve the problem, they’re just telling us that we’re not moving at a pace we should be moving to deal with it, and everybody’s got to do it.”
But Sir Tim said one of the biggest issues in tackling climate change was the lack of a united effort.
He suggested the easiest way to deal with the issue was taxing big polluters, with that money then invested into developing synthetic and renewable fuels."
Putting Out the Fires With Kerosene?!
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