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Cosmos Magazine says “we”, but, what they really mean is “you”

To avoid the worst of climate change we have to change how we travel

In September last year I embarked on a 5 week trip throughout Italy and France.

We swam in the waters of Cinque Terre, ate the best pizza we’d ever had in Naples, and walked blisters into our feet through the streets of Paris.

The marvels of modern aviation meant I completed my 32,000 km round trip in roughly 24 hours each way.

But while I budgeted for the monetary costs associated with the trip, I neglected to consider another crucial one – the carbon cost. (snip through some cult propaganda)

So, what will global tourism look like as it begins to decarbonise? Will it necessitate changing the way I approach travel in the coming decades?

So, because she took a massive fossil fueled trip and felt bad afterward…funny that this Warmist didn’t think about it before hand, though, maybe she did and just didn’t care, like most…you need a lecture on reducing your carbon footprint. What’s the over/under she takes more big fossil fueled trips soon?

More cult propaganda, then

“If you look at the division of the [emissions from] different parts of travel, then in general… transport takes about 75-80%, 20% goes to the accommodation sector,” says Peeters.

That 20% also includes activities, like visiting museums or amusement parks.

“And then within transport, you see that about more than half of the emissions come from aviation, while at the same time aviation serves about a quarter of all trips,” he says.

Each country party to the Paris Agreement – a legally binding international treaty on climate change – is required to establish a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). An NDC is an action plan to cut emissions and adapt to climate impacts, updated every 5 years.

Uh, ok, so……?

Most of tourism – like accommodation and on-ground transportation – falls within the Paris Agreement and these NDCs and will decarbonise through changes already happening in the legislation of each country. For instance, the transition to electrified forms of travel and accommodation powered by renewable energy. So, as a tourist, I won’t need to change my behaviour there.

And how are they doing that? By forcing you out of your fossil fueled vehicle, supposedly into EVs, but, the climate cultists are already trying to end people even owning EVs. They want them on public transportation.

“We need an international body that governs the growth of aviation that actually stops it for the next couple of decades, to create a timeframe for the technology we need.”

So until sustainable aviation technology can be fully implemented, the key is to slow the rate of growth of aviation.

Which really means you peasants won’t be allowed to fly. That’s what they want. You can sell your allotments to the Elites.

So, what will this mean for my travel habits in the coming years, if further isn’t better?

It will likely involve a switch in mindset to consider whether an alternative, less carbon intensive mode of transport exists to reach the destination I have in mind.

Interestingly, almost no Warmists has changed their mindset, so, this requires government force. But, hey, you can take the train!