Originally Posted by
homonculus
Banning aviation, like banning CO2 in the UK, produces nothing but economic hell, poverty and suffering.
1) Who's talking about banning aviation? Or anything? That would be crazy.
2) Economic hell? Using less oil and gas in the UK would be a good thing economically and for national energy security - we became a net importer in 2004. Every journey made on this imported fuel is money shipped overseas, draining out of the UK economy.
3) Investing in infrastructure of cycle paths, cargo bikes, trams, trains, clean energy would cause suffering?
Source: gov.uk Volume_and_value_of_net_UK_oil_and_gas_exports_imports.jpg
We don't need to ban anything. Just stop expansion. No one in the industry needs to lose their job.