This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Thursday, 15 August 2024
Commercial Sense But Environmental Idiocy?
Budget airline, Wizz Air, has just announced its 'All You Can Fly' membership. For circa £425, members will have a year of unlimited flights on the airline. Passengers will, however, have to pay extra for luggage (https://metro.co.uk/2024/08/14/wizz-air-launches-unlimited-flight-subscription-21418523/?ico=mosaic_lifestyle). This 'All You Can Fly' membership probably makes commercial sense to Wizz Air. Encouraging frequent flying is, however, exactly the wrong thing for the environment. Travel, by commercial jets, is a major source of 'greenhouse gas' emissions, with a massive impact on climate change. Jet contrails also make things worse. Just proposing this scheme, underlines the urgent need for taxes to discourage frequent flying. Flying must be limited to essential activities, rather than repeatedly expanded. Making flying mega cheap, is the wrong thing to do.
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