Climate Crisis: Are we doing enough?

[Psamathe]

They are filling seats that would likely otherwise be empty and which are being sold off cheap. The plane would be flying anyway. If a half empty plane was flying we wouldn't even have heard about it.

How full a plane is is used to determine demand on a route and thus how frequenve flights are scheduled by the airline. eg If every flight is 95% full then airline might schedule an additional flight next time the organise schedules. If flights struggle to get 50% full they'll cut back of scheduled flights.

Basically airlines respond to demand. Higher demand means they'll increase provision means more flights means more CO2 and pollutants.

 

[BoldonLad]

I'm often shocked by the number of younger generations that completely ignore climate damage and waste energy and resources. One of my neighbours outside lights (still tungsten) on often all night flood lighting their back garden whilst they sit indoors watching TV. There seems no awareness of the damage let alone the cost on their bills.

Local primary school in tiny rural village on edge of countryside sets no example to parents/children as their entire building floodlights on 15:00 until who knows how late at night, weekends, school holidays, summer and winter. Clearly their budgets have money to burn.

To me it beggars belief.

Do you have teenage children?

 

[Psamathe]

Do you have teenage children?

No.

My local experience is of early 30's eg floodlighting rural garden all night (with 6 yr old kids).

But also school run where parent has to arrive very early to get prime waiting place on road outside (sort of "status" thing?) and in cloder weather they sit there for 30 mins window open to allow vape fumes to escape and engine running so they keep warm.

 

[BoldonLad]

No.

My local experience is of early 30's eg floodlighting rural garden all night (with 6 yr old kids).

But also school run where parent has to arrive very early to get prime waiting place on road outside (sort of "status" thing?) and in cloder weather they sit there for 30 mins window open to allow vape fumes to escape and engine running so they keep warm.

Say no more. I suspect those with teenagers understand perfectly 😊

 

[Psamathe]

Say no more. I suspect those with teenagers understand perfectly 😊

Not sure I understand but my experience don't involve teenagers so uncertain of relevance.

 

[matticus]

It's fewer than 7 flights a year which doesn't seem that remarkable to me.

we know. And that's the problem.

 

[matticus]

Compared to an average of one return flight per year for those in the UK it is a lot. Even more if they are planning to do 12 in total this year. May not be remarkable to you but statistically it is exceptional.

... then look at the average number of flights by humans globally. It's less than 1 a year (mean). The median figure might be even lower.

 

[matticus]

Do you have teenage children?

Are primary schools staffed by teenage children in your borough?