Tourism / Airplanes / Travel / Cruise ships
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“The...tourism industry has dragged its feet [on] the climate crisis.”
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“Global tourism contributes...8% [of the world's ghg] emissions…
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Private jets are the worst.
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'We’re tourism, we rely on flying’.”
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One “gallon of...jet fuel creates over 20 pounds of carbon dioxide.”
Cruise ships are no better than airplanes. In addition to their
“exhaust fumes, [they've] been caught discarding trash, fuel, and sewage directly into the ocean."
"Cruise ships...use toxic heavy fuel oil...described as [the] 'dirtiest of all fuels'."
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A tourism boycott would bring layoffs: “In 2018, [tourism] generated 10% of global GDP.”
However painful, maybe it's better to tell hotel and restaurant employees the truth:
conventional tourism has to face the consequences of a changing atmosphere.
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"Restaurant [and]...resort [worker's] income...depends on the weather.”
“Covid-19 dramatically curtailed Western imports and tourism for a time.
The consequences in poor countries were devastating. Hunger rose, and child mortality followed.”
The biggest tourist problem remains air travel & the aviation industry has done little about it.
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“Airlines...[pollution-reduction attempts] were...wiped out by [their]...annual increase in emissions.”
​ "Green initiatives marketed by airlines [have been labeled] as 'uncertain' or 'unrealistic'."
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Like with cruise ships, airplane pollution is more than CO2, “planes emit mono-nitrogen oxides into the upper troposphere...and seed cirrus clouds with aerosols from fuel combustion.”
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Said another way,
“Planes...disturb the atmosphere, deposit pollutants, and form heat-trapping cirrus clouds at high altitudes.” ​​​
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What have airports, airlines, and airplane makers done to help?
The “world's biggest plan to make flying green [is] 'too broken to fix'.”
If workers can’t, and industry won’t;
isn't it time for a boycott?
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“Flying...often dominates the emission profiles of those...who can afford it.”
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“Show your commitment...with action."
​​ “Refraining from flying...is an obvious way to help.”
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Many have joined the flight-shame movement:
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“I decided not to fly again,
and I have not regretted that decision.”
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“Flying is the quickest and cheapest way
to warm the planet.”
