• SendMePhotos@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Apparently more people here agree than disagree.

    I think owning a small plane is fine. I’m not officially against owning a larger plane… Idk…

    Aviation makes up about 2% of global CO2 emissions which is a lot but also not a lot. It’s not the smaller planes, it’s all of the passenger and cargo jets (mostly).

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      8 months ago

      Thank you! While reducing CO2 is important, harping on private planes isn’t going to make a change.

      • jabathekek@sopuli.xyz
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        8 months ago

        That’s like saying one person taking their bike to work instead of their car won’t do anything, as if their car doesn’t burn gas, as if they don’t give money to oil companies for that gas.

        The same idea with private jets. No matter how small a positive change might be in the grand scope of things, it’s still a worthwhile change. That’s really the one thing that has to happen so we all don’t die; everyone making pro-environmental life choices that will eventually carry over into industry when that collective pressure accumulates, forcing companies that rely on income from those people to change their practice and policy.