41% of French population supports limiting everyone to 4 flights in their ENTIRE LIFE 🤣🤣🤣

You should be limited to one. This would be a one way ticket outta here.

No need for flights when you have some good high speed trains to neighboring countries with airports.

Degrowth lunatics

Long haul flights are already about as efficient as driving a gasoline car :)

We are solving the climate problem; don't let doomsaying continentals stop you from enjoying life.

The other day the OP was telling us he was going to be more positive. And here he is calling others brainwashed. Oh the irony.

Technically not until Jan 1st but I do have a positive thread about Rwanda coming

Laughing at those who demand others starve themselves of the joys of modern life... is actually a very positive thing to do!

Thanks man duly noted

Libbys can't define a woman, so things like this don't surprise me anymore

Good luck to the Olympians traveling to Paris next year.

I remember listening to some stories by John Woodruff about the 1936 Olympic team's two-week journey to Europe by boat. Not the way you want to spend your final weeks prior to your big race. No room to train, cramped quarters, and seasickness was rampant, especially among those who had never been on a boat before. It was NOT a luxury liner.

It is difficult to ascertain the gender of most Conservative females.

Actually, that would be a good idea. maybe you could buy other’s allocation

This news sounds fake or taken out of context. I usually look for the original source when I see stuff like this.

I was in the process of tracking down the original French article when I realized... I don't care what the French think... about pretty much anything.

I'm so, so glad that I live in North America

Agreed. Absolutely for the average person. Some should have exemptions(political leaders, pro athletes, entertainment stars)

Well, that is easy to say for a country that is its own tourist attraction in the middle of a continent full of great places to go, the vast majority of which are reachable easily by high speed trains. If only the U.S. had the will to do that. The experience of flying is no fun anymore with the long time out to the airport, airport parking or expensive transportation to and from, the long and invasive security process, the rare direct flights, and the frequent delays, lack of food on board, and the inability to check luggage. Leave about 2 1/2 to 3 hours before the flight. Take 1/2 hr to an hour from the airport to the city. Even places just 1,000 miles away take 7-8 hours to get there by plane, counting that extra time. By fast European train, they might take 6 hours, with 5 hours train time. The train stations are in the center or periphery of cities and you can arrive just before the trains leave. No security to deal with. The scenery is magnificent. You don't get headaches and dehydration and nausea. You don't fear falling 35000 feet to the ground. And you don't pollute the earth. Why don't we have any real high speed trains in this country nearly 100 years after we had the Chicago Zephyr going 125 mph?

John Kerry and Al Gore wouldn’t last a week.

Not saying I agree. But all the people who fly think they should be able to externalize the costs of their behavior without permission, expectation of change, or compensation. That is a more radical perspective objectively than that of those calling for quotas.

Imagine if I threw all my trash out the window of my car, some landed in your yard, some in a public ditch. Then, some people had the audacity to say I should only be able to throw one bag of trash out the window of my car per year. All the while, I wouldn’t be expected to pick up the trash, pay compensation to those effected, or make meaningful plans to stop producing trash.

Literally, the only distinction I can tell is one for of pollution is plainly visible, the other is not. I hope we’re more discerning than that.

Most air travel is business travel, not for pleasure. For many years I flew almost every week, sometimes multiple times a week at the expense of clients or my employer. The average American professional probably flies 10+ times a year for business.

If you want people to fly less, focus on business practices not the once a year lesisure flyers. And what about private jets? Are you going to tell some billionaire his plane is grounded after 4 flights? Of course it's a silly question anyway because such a policy would be completely enforceable and put entire industries out of business, including professional sports leagues like the NFL and NBA. And what about air freight companies, like FedEx?

We just need to start regulating air travel like we did pre-1980s and jack up prices again. Flying should be a luxurious experience and travel should be carefully considered and intentional. The days of sending an obese family of 4 to Wally World need to end.