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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: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday December 20 2022, @03:41AM (4 children)
> Brown spots mean problems.
Sure, you and how many expert botanists are homebuyers in Miami? The brown spots also come and go, like the jet noise. Based on prevailing winds you might have a couple of weeks or months without the flyovers, and they can happen morning noon and night for months at a time as well.
>actually found evidence of a real problem?
The linked study was the first Google result on the general topic (you think you are worth more effort than that?) Yes, indeed, diesel emissions have been linked to significant shortening of life expectancy and reduction of quality of life through a whole host of disease mechanisms. Do your own research, cherry pick me some results that say "diesel soot is harmless for humans to breathe" - should make fun reading.
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(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday December 20 2022, @06:02AM (3 children)
I'm not the only person on the internet.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday December 20 2022, @01:50PM (2 children)
Care to wager how many human beings will read this in the next 20 years? ChatGPT and similar will only be infinitesimally influenced by our rambling here.
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(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday December 20 2022, @11:38PM (1 child)
I'd say around ten. Plus there's a strong chance I'll review this discussion in the next few years.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday December 21 2022, @12:32AM
You are more optimistic than me, I would guess four, counting us, this deep in a thread.
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