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  • “In a few months’ time, this government will not be accountable for the severe consequences that may follow from the Schiphol decision, particularly with respect to relations with the Netherlands’ trading partners, and lost jobs and prosperity at home,”
  • This comment ONLY refers to things economic, and NOTHING to climate boiling, which air travel is a significant contributor to.'
  • If they saw it coming from years ago, why did they not adapt? It is their failure to adapt itself that places themselves in a self-created position of vulnerability
  • During a transition as unprecedented as this, the governments of the world must invoke policy that gives protection to workers in industries such as the airline industry and all industries downstream of it so that they can survive the transition as such jobs vanish or morph.
    • Indeed, this is one of the major tenets of degrowth advocates. A Universal Basic Income and job retraining to sustainable jobs is the responsible thing to do to protect from job losses.

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  • incomprehensible is defined as :
    • impossible to comprehend : unintelligible.
    • https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incomprehensible

  • yet on KLM's website, they appear aware of climate change and even make the following commitment:

    • https://news.klm.com/klm-groups-co2-emission-reduction-targets-for-2030-approved-by-sbti/
    • "KLM Group’s CO2 emission reduction targets for 2030 approved by SBTi
    • Together with Air France-KLM and Air France, the KLM Group commits to reducing its CO2 emissions by 30% per revenue tonne kilometre (RTK) by 2030, compared to base year 2019; -The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved that – in compliance with the Paris Agreement – the emission reduction target for 2030 adheres to the well-below 2°C trajectory; -The validation marks an important milestone in KLM’s sustainability roadmap, which encompasses actions aimed at achieving its 2030 CO2 reduction target."

  • Clearly, they understand the intent of this action. It is not "incomprehensible" KLM language attempts to convey that the cap is not informed by rational thinking, while the rationale is quite obvious.

  • KLM officials must be aware of the record breaking extreme weather events as well as the dire climate situation and planetary tipping points, yet they are not including this in their media statement. All they mention is the economic impact on the
  • Logically, fossil fuel dependent businesses such as the airline industry will fight hard to keep their business alive.Government has to regulate when industry and society are too slow to respond to existential threats such as global boiling.
  • Perhaps a more transparent response would be to say they don't agree with it because they want to continue BAU and are against measures that significantly impact their bottom line, even if it is necessary for the survival of our civilization.

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  • of 478 intentional communities since the 1820s,
  • 112 exist worldwide in the last 30 years (1988 - 2018

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  • The Shift Project has estimated that
    • if only 3% of festival-goers attending the Vieilles Charrues Festival come by plane, they account for more than 60% of carbon emissions linked to public transport!
  • Tomorrowland concert - close to 25,000 festival-goers fly in via "party flights"
  • North America Burning Man - 20% of festival goers fly in
  • In general, the largest footprint for famous cultural events is air travel

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• noteworthy
  • some DJ's fly to perform in four European cities in a single evening!

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  • He’s a millionaire with a private jet. But now he’s selling it for the sake of the environment
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  • https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/millionaire-selling-private-jet/index.html
• date
  • July 13, 2023
• Stephen Prince, vice-chair of the Patriotic Millionaires – a group of wealthy Americans pushing for higher taxes which also contributed to the report – is giving up his Cessna 650 Citation III.

22 europäische Verbraucherschutzorganisationen klagen 17 europäische Fluggesellschaften wegen Täuschung der Verbraucher. Dabei geht es sowohl um die angebliche Kompensation von während der Flüge ausgestoßenem CO₂ wie um die Bewerbung von Onvestitionen angebliche nachhaltige Kraftstoffe. In beiden Fällen handelt es sich für die verbraucherschutzorganisationen um Greenwashing. handelt.https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/pollution/vols-ecoresponsables-17-compagnies-dont-air-france-visees-par-une-plainte-pour-greenwashing-20230622_B62ELF4MV5AQJHFAOCERO25SGI/

Auch die liberation berichtet über die Studie zu den Möglichkeiten, die innereuropäische Luftfahrt auf grünem Wasserstoff umzustellen Punkt die Gesamtkosten würden bei 300 Milliarden Euro liegen, und mit der Umstellung müsste sofort begonnen werden, damit dieser Teil der Luftfahrt bis 2050 die karbonisiert ist. In jedem Fall muss die Luftfahrt deutlich reduziert werden damit genug Energie für eine co2-freibetriebene flotte zur Verfügung steht. https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/lavion-a-hydrogene-vert-une-solution-serieuse-mais-des-limites-nombreuses-20230529_UPDSTKKUABD5JMI5NIRICSWMQY/

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  • carbon inequality stat
    • 1% of the world's population is responsible for 50% of emissions from commercial air transport

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Wow! Will carbon neutral fuels be greenwashing or real solutions? Will carbon neutral SpaceX flights be greenwashing, or real carbon neutrality?

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