Stop the plane? The RyanAir generation tells us its dilemma
They have known the years when we discovered that we could take a plane at a low price. Now is the time to become aware of the carbon footprint that this mode of transport generates.
By Sandra Lorenzo 8 June 2019 huffingtonpost
Beginning of the 2000 decade, EasyJet and RyanAir arrive in France and offer plane tickets at prices never seen. The plane becomes accessible and often cheaper than the train. Tickets are bought without asking too much questions, travel, thought according to the airports served by these low-cost airlines.
Twenty years later, the price of airline tickets is still low and new lines are opening regularly. The number of flights in Europe in 2014 was about 80% higher than in 1990 according to the European Environment Agency. Taking average occupancy rates, the European Environment Agency reports an emission rate of 14 grams of CO2 per passenger per kilometer for the train (with 156 passengers in) against 104 grams for the car (with Passenger 1,5) and 285 grams for the plane (with 88 passengers).
Another development is that the general public is no longer ignorant of the environmental cost of this mode of transport. The Swedes even invented a name for the shame of flying for environmental reasons, the "flygskam". The question now arises much more precisely in environmental consciousness: and if it was simply necessary to stop taking the plane?
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