Comments on: Last of the Jetset http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/last-of-the-jetsetters Committees exist to share blame. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Eat Meat, Save the World at MentalPolyphonics http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/last-of-the-jetsetters/comment-page-1#comment-74835 Eat Meat, Save the World at MentalPolyphonics Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:51:45 +0000 http://mentalpolyphonics.com/?p=10910#comment-74835 [...] with a reasonable amount of reforming. A general theme in Monbiot’s writing is that we should sacrifice those activities that cannot be made sustainable and reform those that [...] [...] with a reasonable amount of reforming. A general theme in Monbiot’s writing is that we should sacrifice those activities that cannot be made sustainable and reform those that [...]

]]> By: MentalPolyphonics » Burning Man is Burning the Planet http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/last-of-the-jetsetters/comment-page-1#comment-73945 MentalPolyphonics » Burning Man is Burning the Planet Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:22:13 +0000 http://mentalpolyphonics.com/?p=10910#comment-73945 [...] drive to Burning Man, they’d take a plane on another holiday. That is true as long as carbon emissions are not priced. Once people can’t afford to go on any holiday that’s unreasonably far away, [...] [...] drive to Burning Man, they’d take a plane on another holiday. That is true as long as carbon emissions are not priced. Once people can’t afford to go on any holiday that’s unreasonably far away, [...]

]]> By: MentalPolyphonics » Climate-Friendly Intercontinental Vacations http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/last-of-the-jetsetters/comment-page-1#comment-73147 MentalPolyphonics » Climate-Friendly Intercontinental Vacations Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:46:33 +0000 http://mentalpolyphonics.com/?p=10910#comment-73147 [...] Airplane travel is incredibly damaging to the climate and should be costed accordingly, but it’d be nice if middle-class people could still travel. What are the options? [...] [...] Airplane travel is incredibly damaging to the climate and should be costed accordingly, but it’d be nice if middle-class people could still travel. What are the options? [...]

]]> By: MentalPolyphonics » Tourism is a Cancer http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/last-of-the-jetsetters/comment-page-1#comment-73130 MentalPolyphonics » Tourism is a Cancer Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:03:13 +0000 http://mentalpolyphonics.com/?p=10910#comment-73130 [...] it be bad if we couldn’t cheaply and freely fly all over the world? Well, it would dampen tourism for one thing. Would that be good or [...] [...] it be bad if we couldn’t cheaply and freely fly all over the world? Well, it would dampen tourism for one thing. Would that be good or [...]

]]> By: Jared http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/last-of-the-jetsetters/comment-page-1#comment-72965 Jared Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:04:12 +0000 http://mentalpolyphonics.com/?p=10910#comment-72965 You can go, but you should have to pay <em>dearly</em> for the carbon you're shoving down everyone else's throat. Batteries are too heavy and hydrogen is too big (3x the size of kerosene). It's conceivable we could have sustainable flight, but it'd take much more exotic technology than getting the rest of our house in order. You can go, but you should have to pay dearly for the carbon you’re shoving down everyone else’s throat.

Batteries are too heavy and hydrogen is too big (3x the size of kerosene). It’s conceivable we could have sustainable flight, but it’d take much more exotic technology than getting the rest of our house in order.

]]> By: Jack http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/last-of-the-jetsetters/comment-page-1#comment-72963 Jack Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:14:35 +0000 http://mentalpolyphonics.com/?p=10910#comment-72963 Replace planes with through-the-mantle maglevs and we'll talk. Ain't no fucking way I'm never going to Europe again. But I would take a train to Japan, then across Russia to get there :) Or one of Branson's suborbitals (though that's prolly energy-intense too). Why aren't planes run electrically from solar-powered batteries neutral? Replace planes with through-the-mantle maglevs and we’ll talk. Ain’t no fucking way I’m never going to Europe again.

But I would take a train to Japan, then across Russia to get there :)

Or one of Branson’s suborbitals (though that’s prolly energy-intense too).

Why aren’t planes run electrically from solar-powered batteries neutral?

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