Too bad the survey didn’t ask how many flights each respondent had taken during their lives
A new poll shows that a shocking number of French citizens support banning people from flying more than four times in their lives due to climate change.
A poll from research firm Consumer Science and Analytics Institute (CSA) found that 41% of citizens would support such a limit. That number rose to 59% support among 18-24-year-olds. The suggested limit, proposed by engineer Jean-Marc Jancovici, would apply to air travel for business and pleasure.
The poll surveyed 1,010 French residents over the age of 18. It found that support for air travel restrictions was far higher among younger age groups. While a majority opposed the four-flight lifetime maximum, 64% of the respondents said they would be willing to limit their air travel in the near or medium term to combat climate change.
Climate activists across the globe have pushed for wide-ranging restrictions aimed at reducing carbon emissions, from limiting car travel to banning plastic straws.
Yet, the same climate activists are constantly taking long fossil fueled flights. Like
Last year, the United Nations General Assembly declared that everyone on the planet has a right to a healthy environment.
The World Health Organization has been very clear: releasing toxic gases from fossil fuels makes our air unsafe to breathe. pic.twitter.com/e1GJvuKJJE
— Vanessa Nakate (@vanessa_vash) September 29, 2023
She’s a bigshot youth for the UN climate cult, and takes lots of fossil fueled flights, like flying to NYC, then a trip to Boston. And there are plenty of those. It’s a cult. France should pass a law restricting those who are 18-24 right now, see the freakout.
amazing. simply amazing how everyone that screams how fossil fuels are bad really enjoy living the lifestyle that fossil fuels make possible.
Ahhh, well, I’ve surpassed my four flights in my lifetime.
I have to ask, though: did my round trip to Jerusalem last November count as one flight, or five, given that it took five separate flights to make the round trip? Enquiring minds want to know!
Then there was our early September beach vacation in Ocracoke, North Carolina. Zero flights, but it meant we drove over 1,200 miles; surely we put more greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere with two people in a car than hundreds of people in an airliner would have done, though we did take Elaine’s 34.9 MPG car rather than my 17 MPG F-150!
We are, I am certain, climats sinners!
Ms Nakate should limit her own flights by taking a job in her home country.
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I think this is a great idea. We don’t let any French citizens fly more than 4 times in their lifetime. That ought to improve the rest of the world.