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Originally Posted by Leondros
So as a bit of a side discussion - what is a reasonable level of sacrifice we should accept in order to get emissions down?
North Americans have the highest environmental impact of anywhere else in the world. This is driven by the requirement to fly across the country, requirement to drive given the layout of our cities, the requirement to road trip to get anywhere, the use of huge SUVs to carry our stuff, and our infrastructure is by far the largest. Hell, even look at our sports, we artificially create ice in warm climates, we have grass for sports like baseball and football, and we have air conditioning in huge arenas, and stadiums - not to mention our conference spaces.
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Let's start with this.
There is often no "requirement" to fly anywhere.
maybe If people quit flying for vacations, it would be a good start.
I bet almost every single poster here could still live just fine if they didn't fly places for holidays and family visits. Ban all cruise ships, too.
People over time have just gotten their wants confused with their needs.