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[-] bassad@jlai.lu 90 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Please begin to restrict fuel for private jets, even if it would be symbolic

Edit : thanks for correction

[-] EffortlessGrace@piefed.social 8 points 4 months ago
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[-] stumu415@lemmy.zip 82 points 4 months ago

Thanks America and your elected regime for meddling in everyone's lives. You might be shocked to learn your popularity is waning.

[-] FederatedFreedom1981@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 41 points 4 months ago

You literally listed the one thing we have left to lose

[-] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 7 points 4 months ago

It sounds like USAians expect everyone else to solve their problem.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

Why haven’t you gotten rid of Erdogan and Orban yet?

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

[-] FederatedFreedom1981@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

Not my country, I'll deal with the Nazis in mine thank you.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago

Americans are all cucks. The French would have had his head by now and rightfully so.

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[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

Well, it's affecting you now. What are you going to do about it?

[-] FederatedFreedom1981@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

Protect my country, should any USians try to invade.

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[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

More armchair badassery 🥱

[-] mj_marathon@programming.dev 11 points 4 months ago

Its super easy to talk shit on the internet

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

jUsT dO a ReGiMe ChAnGe 🇪🇺

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[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

The fact that our popularity is only now waning is a testament to our propaganda.

[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 10 points 4 months ago

Yeah but have you considered Kamala Harris would've been equally bad? 

[-] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 14 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 7 points 4 months ago

Do you know she was endorsed by the corporates??? (Ignore Palantir and Oracle standing behind the orange turd)

[-] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 months ago

Don't forget about the laugh.

[-] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 44 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] SpeedRunner@europe.pub 37 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 11 points 4 months ago

Nah, they are just gonna subsidize kerosene with tax payer money and call it a day.

[-] nullify3112@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

He did say most

[-] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

It's Europe, just take the train.

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

No trains to the north of Norway

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[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

It's not the flights per se, but the worrying future it suggests.

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[-] gigachad@piefed.social 26 points 4 months ago

It's always the unexpected things that fight climate change.

Obligatory fuck politico

[-] UnimportantHuman@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

Remember COVID?

[-] yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip 23 points 4 months ago

Good. The flight industry as it exists today must disapear.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 34 points 4 months ago

Yes, let billionaires fly and the rest of us should stay on the continent we're born on.

[-] MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

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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[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 months ago

There is far too much trivial flying for business, and people are flying while avoiding better ways to transport.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 11 points 4 months ago

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.

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[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 4 months ago

Boats have gotten much faster.

And they said "as it exists today" presumably meaning how often/common it's used.

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[-] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 13 points 4 months ago

Have they Tried APPEASING Trump even More to Convince him to END the War? BABYING Trump seems to HELP a Lot!

[-] roserose56@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

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!

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Reduce EU domestic flights and use the high speed rail network for the short to medium distances.

[-] vga@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

Trump fixes the climate change problem.

[-] hemmetti@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Great news!

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

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.

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