A new poll conducted by research firm Consumer
Science and Analytics Institute (CSA) found that 41% of French citizens would
support banning people from flying more than four times
in their lives in an attempt to combat climate change. That number rose
to an incredible 59% among 18-24-year-olds. The proposed limit, suggested by
engineer Jean-Marc Jancovici, would apply to air travel for
business and pleasure combined. The poll, which surveyed 1,010 French
residents 18 and over, found that support for air travel restrictions in
general was far higher among younger age groups. (Yet I doubt many of them
would be keen to give up flights to Ibiza, Côte d’Azur, Berlin or Prague, for
example.)
This should be seen for what it is: a scary example
of tyrannical virtue signaling.
How did Jean-Marc Jancovici, engineer, arrive
at four as the number at which flights should be capped? Does the length of the
flight(s) matter? What kind of airplane? And he’s considering flying to a party
on Ibiza on par with traveling to a family wedding or funeral?
It’s unbelievable how willing many folks are to
believe…anything. The “progressive” Left is turning Western nations into moron
factories. Precisely how many annual train trips should Europeans be
allowed to take? How many trips by automobile should we all be “allowed” each
year? What is the maximum mileage bequeathed to us by our elite rulers? Ships? Should
we be limited to one cruise in our lifetimes?
For that matter, how many
times can we mow our lawn, Mr. Jancovici? Should we be allowed to have a
lawn? May we set our air-conditioning in the summer to 74? No? 78? 84? Can
those of us that experience extremely cold winters turn the heat up to 70? 65? Is
58° okay? (All temperatures in Fahrenheit for the edification of European readers.)
Is owning a snowmobile verboten?
An ATV? Motorboat? Certainly a rowboat would be tolerable, no? Although
they, too, need to be manufactured…using much energy and materials and causing
greenhouse gases to be injected into the atmosphere. Come to think of it, it’s
the same for bicycles and skateboards and running shoes, and…
Seems like the politicians
and “experts” are telling us to “go fly a kite.”
Unless we are diligent and
determined, it is likely just a matter of time until we are locked down and confined
to our abodes once again.
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