Environment: France is considering regulating the use of private jets
Never before have we been talking more and more about the environment, electricity consumption, gas and pollution. Very hot topics [...]
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Never before has there been more and more talk about environment, electricity consumption, gas and pollution. Very hot topics and often the subject of debate among the various leaders of nations working on international agreements on reducing the emissions.
The world of commercial aviation is no different; many airlines are busy trying to reduce harmful impact on the environment by proposing initiatives to reforestation, recycling e compensation Of Co2 emissions.
Topic that has also entered the Italian election campaign with the proposal of the GreenSinitra To abolish flights altogether.
But if all "ordinary mortals" try to engage as best they can, why do the Kardashian sisters, Drake or Taylor Swift take private jets to 15 minutes flight time To avoid the traffic congestion of Los Angeles or New York? Private jets are estimated to be the most polluting vehicles in the world in relation to Co2 emissions per passenger: depending on various factors, they pollute 5 to 14 times more than an airliner and 80 times more than a train.
One of the most widely used private jets, the Cessna Citation XLS, consumes over 850 liters of fuel per hour, considering that for every liter of fuel, the following are released two and a half kilos of Co2, for a 3-hour flight you consume 6 tons of Co2. Usually a Cessna has room for 7 (SEVEN) passengers, let's realize what pollution we are talking about....
But France will not stand for it and the price to be paid cannot be aimed only at the "normal" people, even the rich have to make sacrifices if we are to save what can be saved for this planet.
Restrictions on Private Jets in France
Clément Beaune, the French Minister of Transport, has proposed that the European Union regulate the use of private jets. In France, the 10% of all flights operated pre-pandemic were private jets and flew an average of less than 500km.
"Some types of behavior are no longer acceptable. We must act to regulate flights on private jets. There can be no individual means of travel for comfort at a time when the president's campaign requires everyone to make an effort.
Restrictions have symbolic value, and symbols are important. The French should not feel that it is always the same people who are being asked to make an effort, namely the working and middle classes."
Beaune Minister of Transportation
Beaune would like to meet with other ministers of the transportation Europeans to discuss the proposal, his idea is to reduce flights that involve few kilometers or impose a fee that can adequately offset emissions, since they are super rich it should not be a problem for them.
Tracking the movements of VIPs
The Twitter account @CelebsJets is concerned with. plot VIP travel and calculate emissions from flying to denounce short-haul flights. One of the biggest users is former golfer Jack Nicklaus, now an entrepreneur in the golf world, who frequently makes short trips, all of which can be tracked through Flight Tracking.
https://twitter.com/CelebJets/status/1564388624778645504
For his flight, he consumed 428 liters of fuel and 344 liters of jet fuel from the price of 740$ and with an emission of 1 ton of Co2, on average how much a car emits in 6 months of use, and here we are talking about 15 minutes of flight time....
In my opinion reduce our carbon footprint should be a mission of all, what do you think? Let us know in the comments!
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