Please begin to restrict fuel for private jets, even if it would be symbolic
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this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2026
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Thanks America and your elected regime for meddling in everyone's lives. You might be shocked to learn your popularity is waning.
The sad (but unsurprising) thing is, whenever you encourage them to actually take a risk and take some kind of collective action to bring down the pedophile, they say "my job, I'm scared" when in the same paragraph, they talk about how they're one paycheck from utter destruction.
They don't realize that they literally have nothing to lose at this point.
You literally listed the one thing we have left to lose
Why haven’t you gotten rid of Erdogan and Orban yet?
Came off as abrasive, but your point stands.
Political support for the alt-right is booming across Europe. The last thing you European folks need to do is raise your nose at the American tire fire. Deal with your own, before its too late.
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It sounds like USAians expect everyone else to solve their problem.
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The fact that our popularity is only now waning is a testament to our propaganda.
Yeah but have you considered Kamala Harris would've been equally bad?
Even worse, she might have also done the terrible crime of wearing something tan and that would have seriously damaged the reputation of the United States.
Do you know she was endorsed by the corporates??? (Ignore Palantir and Oracle standing behind the orange turd)
Don't forget about the laugh.
Eh. My impression is that most civilian air travel is not truly necessary. Tourism, and stuff that can be done with remote work.
I worry about stuff like food prices for the poor. Somebody not being able to fly on vacation - not so much.
If anything, they should limit fuel for private jets first. If we're talking luxury - that's were it is.
Not with some poor old chap squished like a sardine inside a Ryanair flight.
That would do a lot more for the environment and for fuel savings.
I would love to get on a train and arrive well rested into Amsterdam overnight. Unfortunately, we're not there yet. Hopefully this crisis might speed up more efficient means of transport and reduce tax credits for airline fuel.
Nah, they are just gonna subsidize kerosene with tax payer money and call it a day.
I’m thinking of a scenario of a dying family member and not being able to make it to them before they pass away.
Flying isn’t just for business or tourism. But at the same time, people have had the luxury to be able to live far in distance from their families and friends, because it might just be a short flight away.
In California, I’ve heard of people working in Silicon Valley and living in Burbank, flying every day to go to work or maybe twice a week.
That luxury needs to stop. But it should not happen all of a sudden.
He did say most
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Have they Tried APPEASING Trump even More to Convince him to END the War? BABYING Trump seems to HELP a Lot!
It's always the unexpected things that fight climate change.
Obligatory fuck politico
Good. The flight industry as it exists today must disapear.
Yes, let billionaires fly and the rest of us should stay on the continent we're born on.
Most flights are short haul flights lasting from 1 to 3 hours. Commersial flights could very well be replaced by highspeed trains.
Changing how commersial flights are done does not mean "lets make it impossible for normal people to fly"
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There is far too much trivial flying for business, and people are flying while avoiding better ways to transport.
Lol business people won't care if the costs go up. They already pay extra to be able to sleep on their Intercontinental flights to go drinking "for business".
It'll be you and I who won't be able to go on vacation anywhere that requires crossing a major body of water.
You would think business learned during COVID that in person fly-away meetings were a waste of time and money.
They are, but business people like appearances and micromanagement even more than they like cost-cutting.
If the CEO's private jet fuel got more expensive, just lay off some employees, duh.
There might be better transportation, but it is more costly. Just take germany for example, it is usually a lot more expensive to travel using long-distance trains than it is to travel by airplane. And not forgetting all the stress you get by travelling with the Deutsche Bahn cos their trains are literally only 60% of the time on time. And that's not including cancelled trains, lol.
it is usually a lot more expensive to travel using long-distance trains than it is to travel by airplane
That's because kerozene is tax free contrary too every other energy source.
Emissions reductions don't really care from which class they came from.
Exactly and there's more of us than there are billionaires, so our emissions need to be cut while they can keep on doing whatever the fuck they want. And THAT is never going to sit well with most people.
Boats have gotten much faster.
And they said "as it exists today" presumably meaning how often/common it's used.
Don't the shipping and cruise industries also get constant flak for their emissions?
Yes. Biden made them burn more efficient fuel.
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Trump fixes the climate change problem.
God bless USA and it's president! For starting a real war! Should we starve? Yes we should, as the war not only brings a win, but also money! Thanks Lord for the president you have given us!!! Let's all starve! /S
A whole 40 flights? I think you will be surprised to learn that during the Long Emergency that humanity will face, we'll be lucky to have 40 flights a year, total for the planet!
So we might get more sleep? Good.
Background: since we moved here, the local airport expanded more and more. They got permission to fly between 22:00 and 06:00 against a lot of local resistance, and host a load of old and extra noisy freight planes.
Reduce EU domestic flights and use the high speed rail network for the short to medium distances.
Great news!
Well this is the upside of the war. Transport causes pollution so less transport is better for the planet. Similarly most human economic activity is bad for the environment. I think we could do to have a lot less of it. It will give us cave to focus on the important stuff, food, clean water and reading books at home by candlelight on an evening.
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