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How will we travel the world in 2050?
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1362" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-will-we-travel-the-world-in-2050-121713" target="_blank"><strong>How will we travel the world in 2050? - The Conversation</strong></a></p><p></p><p>If the aviation industry was a country, it would rank among the world’s top ten emitters of carbon dioxide (CO₂). Aviation emissions have risen by 70% since 2005 and as demand increases in rich and poorer countries, they’re forecast to increase by between 300% and 700% by 2050.</p><p></p><p>Arresting this incline will be the first step towards a sustainable system of international travel – but how could it be done? A frequent flyer tax would be relatively easy to implement but it could mean the richest can still afford to fly while the poorest are priced out.</p><p></p><p>Most plane passengers are already relatively wealthy. Only 18% of the world’s population have ever flown and in any given year, an elite 3% of the world flies. That’s about 230m people, but flights carried four billion passengers in 2017. So the average flyer takes eight return flights and aeroplanes rack up seven trillion air miles each year.</p><p></p><p>Rationing might be a fairer and more effective alternative.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1362, member: 1"] [URL='https://theconversation.com/how-will-we-travel-the-world-in-2050-121713'][B]How will we travel the world in 2050? - The Conversation[/B][/URL] If the aviation industry was a country, it would rank among the world’s top ten emitters of carbon dioxide (CO₂). Aviation emissions have risen by 70% since 2005 and as demand increases in rich and poorer countries, they’re forecast to increase by between 300% and 700% by 2050. Arresting this incline will be the first step towards a sustainable system of international travel – but how could it be done? A frequent flyer tax would be relatively easy to implement but it could mean the richest can still afford to fly while the poorest are priced out. Most plane passengers are already relatively wealthy. Only 18% of the world’s population have ever flown and in any given year, an elite 3% of the world flies. That’s about 230m people, but flights carried four billion passengers in 2017. So the average flyer takes eight return flights and aeroplanes rack up seven trillion air miles each year. Rationing might be a fairer and more effective alternative. [/QUOTE]
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