Exactly; we have to start somewhere, anywhere. And Aviation is one of many culprits; quite significant really. There’s no point doing the whataboutery - yes construction or shipping is very bad too. As we discovered in Uxbridge on ULEZ policy, people like the idea but don’t like the personal consequences for them. Fact is we all fly too much as it’s too cheap. Rail is much cleaner but too pricey. Govts need to act collectively outside political expediency or nothing will happen. And hot places (like Rhodes, Corfu, etc.) will just get crossed off people’s list.
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MechEngr
How will nudging a pebble start an avalanche? How will sitting at a lunch counter or in a bus seat make a change in US civil rights? How could nailing a carpenter to a cross in the Middle East change European politics 2000 years later. This is the sort of time scale required to back civilization off the carbon cliff, the sooner started the better. It won't be started by us old guys who won't live to see the tragedy - it will be started by those who still have 60 to 80 years to suffer from what the last 100 years has done. They don't have money, political power, lobbyists. They do have spray paint. Be happy they are using that.