Head of Germany's Left Party demands to
#BanPrivateJets
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"The climate can no lo
@nger
afford the rich", says
@schirdewan
.
Green party doesn't touch the topic yet.
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โถ๏ธ Per capita emissions of
#PrivateJet
flights are quickly 80x higher than those of scheduled flights
โถ๏ธ They often fly short distances & with few passengers
โถ๏ธ In 2022, about 60 % of private jet routes were shorter than 300 km
โถ๏ธ 94317 take-offs in 2022 -> more than in 2019
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"A 6 h private jet flight can emit as much as the average person emits in an entire year", says Climate researcher
@StefanGossling
.
"We have to halve gl emissions. Where few people are emitting particularly much, the most can be saved within the shortest possible time."
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Technology visions are increasingly an excuse to do nothing.
Speaker of the German Transport ministry:
"Our ambition is to make Germany the pioneer of CO2-neutral flying, which makes considerations for a ban on private jets flights unnecessary. "
#StopGreenwasing
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