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"Despite flying being the single fastest way to grow our individual
carbon footprint, people still want to fly. Passenger numbers even grew
by 3.3% globally last year alone. The hype around “Flygskam” – a global
movement championed by climate activist Greta Thunberg that encourages
people to stop travelling by plane – seems to have attracted more media
attention than actual followers.
A 2019 survey found that although people in the UK were increasingly
concerned about aviation emissions – they were also more reluctant to
fly less. This might reflect how flying has become normalised in
society, aided by ticket prices which are on average 61% cheaper in real
terms than in 1998. I’m increasingly asked by peers about how they can
fly “sustainably”, the “greenest” airlines, or the “best” carbon offsets
to buy. People want to avoid flight shame, without avoiding flights."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
