European researchers said Thursday that the the start of June saw global surface air temperatures rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time. That is the limit governments said they would try to limit global warming to at a 2015 summit in Paris.
I would recommend not reducing your quality of life to offset the output of the very people telling you to stop enjoying life. You taking a flight on a mass transit jet pollutes almost nothing in comparison to these jackasses flying around on private jets to virtue signal about the climate. When they at the very least decide to fly business class instead of taking their own jets I will take them at least somewhat seriously, but that’d mean they have the possibility of interacting with us normal folk so that’ll never happen.
Driving less doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve reduced your quality of life.
I was talking more about flying which is associated with vacations and travel which 100% does affect quality of life.
I don’t understand the “need” for extensive travel with vacations. Do people travel to where you live to take a vacation. They do where I live. Why should I go out of my way to travel to some other place when there is beauty all around me right here.
I am betting that you’ll be the first to switch to bug burgers and give up your home for a pod. So here’s the thing, when you live in a location for tourism (as I do, by the way) it gets kinda boring due to this little fact that you live there. The point of traveling/vacations is to see something new, to have diverse experiences, you can’t really have that in your home turf so to speak. Sure, you can go out and do things for fun on days off or whatever, but to actually vacation you’re going to want to go out of your home turf. Hitting the same hiking trail for the 1000th time doesn’t really hit the same as going somewhere you’ve never been before, or somewhere you’ve not visited much.
In those cases, if it’s an option, there are also trains to consider. Depending on the length of the trip, that can even be a major improvement to quality of life.
I know that trains aren’t always an option, especially in America. But if you can some train journeys can be really beautiful, especially across Europe and it’s a much slower way of seeing places.
Trains also become a non-starter if there’s a significant body of water such as an ocean between you and your desired travel destination.
People are literally saying “if it is an option”. We know you can’t take a train over the ocean.
Show me a single train that goes across oceans. Also don’t mention ships lol because I will tear you up on that point as ships burn literally the worst fuel imaginable for the environment.
“if it’s an option”
I’ve taken to more national holidays over flying in recent years. I quite enjoy it but I do recognise what you are saying with the reduction in flying having an impact on holidaying in general. I would strongly encourage finding places to see within your country as there are often brilliant places to see and stay and it helps the local economy.