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It's official: France bans short haul domestic flights in favour of train travel:
France has been given the green light to ban short haul domestic flights.
The European Commission has approved the move which will abolish flights between cities that are linked by a train journey of less than 2.5 hours.
[...] France is also cracking down on the use of private jets for short journeys in a bid to make transport greener and fairer for the population.
Transport minister Clément Beaune said the country could no longer tolerate the super rich using private planes while the public are making cutbacks to deal with the energy crisis and climate change.
[...] The ban on short-haul flights will be valid for three years, after which it must be reassessed by the Commission.
"[This] is a major step forward in the policy of reducing greenhouse gas emissions," transport minister Beaune said in a press release.
[...] Sarah Fayolle, Greenpeace France transport campaign manager, told Euronews that there were both "negative and positive aspects" to the European Commission's decision given that only three routes are affected.
"It's going in the right direction, but the initial measure is one that's (not very) ambitious. We must go even further," she said.
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Monday December 12 2022, @04:39AM (5 children)
Define "unwasteful flights" please.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday December 12 2022, @03:28PM (4 children)
Any flight done because the people on the flight wanted it.
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Monday December 12 2022, @05:55PM (3 children)
Yep, that sounds like a reply from someone who grew up in a wasteful consumer society.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday December 12 2022, @10:03PM (2 children)
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday December 13 2022, @12:00AM (1 child)
Not sure I have a ready definition, but, some symptoms might include:
Updating your cell phone every two years. Worse, buying a new car every two years, because it's "old".
Buying new clothes every season, to reflect current style.
Throwing useful items out because they are no longer trendy.
Utterly failing to shop for durability of needed goods, because you know you're not going to keep it long.
Going into debt for frivolous purchases.
Buying some stupid item because everyone has one - and you don't even need the item.
Feel free to add your own symptoms here.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday December 13 2022, @02:25AM
The government that is so keen to reduce air travel is the primary source of waste at the societal level. In particular, I think their attempts to steer air travel to trains is more wasteful than whatever is done with that air travel.