Plane Stupid - the only sane option

A campaigner from Plane Stupid explains why we all need to to stand up against airport expansion while there is still time.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• heathrow
• co2
• emissions
• climate
• change
• aviation
• airport
• expansion
• plane
• stupid

[mosley666]

Right mate, bro, homeslice, chief. I'm studying Aerospace Engineering at Sheffield University, where you graduated from recently and by the sounds of it and had you just gone in and chatted to the faculty (one of the highest rated in the country!) they would have given you some information on this subject and you would have a different view on the whole subject.

For a start the industry accounts for 5% of all emissions globally, which is stated in the Kyoto Protocol....

[GreenpeaceUK]

@mosley666 True, but that's 5% of current emissions - remember we are committed to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050. If aviation expansion continues as now, it will account for over 70% of our total carbon budget by that time - that's why the Committee on Climate Change told the govt on Dec 9th that plans to expand regional airports around the UK have to be abandoned.

[GreenpeaceUK]

jellicoe7 - your comment has been deleted because, while free and fair comment is welcome here - incitements to violence are not.

[GreenpeaceUK]

Just a reminder of what is or isn't acceptable comment on this site. Fair or personal comment is fine - have your say. Offering money to assissinate a named person is most definitely NOT. Yes this means you ba2775, and yes you have been banned and had your comments removed.

[sorrelish]

Driving is still less polluting than air travel and many people wouldn't choose to drive when rail and coach are still (marginally) cheaper. Also, they aren't advocating driving cars instead - trains, buses and ferries are all viable options and would be just as attractive if less money were put into aviation expansion and more into the development of more economic forms of mass transport. Do your research and stop bitching.

[miller1114]

This is just sensationalism...If you guys really cared about climate change, youd be standing outside the Ford factory or having a go at people who use cars for a journey that could be taken on public transport. Aviation is a relitavely insignificant contributor to global warming. I suspect all you guy care about is column inches.

[Aviationnation10]

GET A JOB YOU TWAT!

[Aviationnation10]

@sorrelish go fuck a tree you freak

[TheScorpionSquad]

Some good points but my car is definately not a fashion accessory. It's mechanically sound but ugly as sin. When you live miles away from the nearest road, a small engined Euro-box just doesn't make it. And I'd rather pull out my own finger nails than live in a town or city. I'd sooner have to travel to get to the shops than live in a noisy polluted crime ridden city where the streets are infested with hoddie wearing yobs.

[slowdazzles]

@TheScorpionSquad Then by definition your 4x4 is not unnecessary. If you lived in a city and only used it to go supermarket shopping or on the school run, then it would be.

Come on, this is pretty straightforward. Lots of people using 2 tonne gas-guzzlers round town is the problem, not farmers, rescue services or anyone who really needs one. The problem is, everybody seems to think that it's an essential piece of kit, when most of the time its just a fashion statement.

[ttimothymurphy]

Unfortunately voices such as this will be used by the establishment as excuses for the decisions they make.

Politicians see this video and say: "The people have spoken", and slap some extra taxes on flights, and force eveyone into buses. I hate buses. While i love my bike, i don't need to be scared onto it by wacky climate alarmists. They're the ones who should be on their bikes.

[mosley666]

By the time the 3rd runway is completed greener and quieter engines are going to be implemented. The industry overall is fully aware of their responsibility towards climate change and is pretty much geared towards being greener all the time, however as certification takes such a long time the advancements aren't going to come as soon as hoped. Expecting domestic flights to be banned without a highspeed train service in place that rivals speed and convenience it ain't gonna happen, end of...

[PeanutButterGamer]

Don't fret, there are plenty of imbeciles like this guy in America.

[TheScorpionSquad]

Scientists already know what politicians have been scared to voice in public. Only strict controls to the earth's population will reduce CO2 emissions. Reports say that such an action is more effective at reducing greenhouse gases than any technology that exists today. Simply put, if there's less people arouind then there's less need for energy consumption, less consumer goods needed and less living space. Trouble is all the religious leaders would all kick up about that.