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Originally Posted by aerohead
I get it. There's nothing like face-to-face.
It's just that, one comes off as a two-faced Janus, when they talk about how their nation is going to lead the rest of the planet into a renewable promised-land, then jump on super heavy, for a very long-distance trip, as if it made no difference.
He might have at least gone with net-carbon, bio-jet-fuel, and mentioned the fact. Stunt.
This is the apparent hypocrisy which motivates the Greta Thunbergs of the world to jump on a sailboat for the same type of trip. And into a Tesla, on wind power, for ground transportation portion.
Better PR. Better 'optics'. A chance for credibility.
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The problem with perceptions is that they often don't match reality.
It has become popular recently to demonize air travel but the reality is that all global aviation (both passenger and cargo) only make up 2.5% of global CO2 emissions.
It is also inconvenient for those that demonize air travel to admit that it is the most energy efficient way to cross oceans. Head's of states don't have the time to spend weeks on a sailboat not to mention that if they did that kind of PR stunt their sailboat would be escorted by a convoy of navy vessels.
Yes, Greta tried to shame politicians by sailing from the UK to the USA for an UN conference. What she conveniently leaves out this her trip was only made possible by flying crew across the Atlantic for both legs of the journey and it would have been less carbon intensive for her to just fly.