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Merrick
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Re: Nuclear vs wind
Oct 31, 2005, 16:29
Work that necessitates long haul flying is extremely new. Even a generation ago, it just didn't happen.

When oil prices hit the big increase - as they will do within two decades, probably within one - flying will be priced out of the reach of most who presently do it.

In the meantime, we have to appeal to people's sense of responsibility. There's little point in building wind farms as an way out of burning fossil fuels when, as has been said earlier on this thread, it takes 3 to 'counter' one jumbo jet crossing the Atlantic.

Much of the value of a 'switch something off' campaign is undermined by the fact that a kettle set to boil for tyour whole life will not consume as much as a seat on a single flight from Europe to the USA.

Yes, I sadly concede that expecting people to all stop flying now out of a sense of responsibility to future generations is hopelessly optimistic. But anything less is living well beyond our means, it's a monstrous exacerbator of climate change and a declaration that the passenger's immediate convenience means more than the lives of people yet to come.
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