Posted on 12/09/2022 4:31:38 AM PST by MtnClimber
Climate lockdowns incoming: only “three years” to flatten the emissions curve.
The writing was on the wall as soon as the “experts” declared “two weeks to flatten the curve.” Some of us saw right through the scheme, while the less-astute did not. We recognized the move was one against freedom and prosperity rather than for our welfare, and knew it was not only for two weeks. We knew that if the ruling class was allowed to follow through with their “lockdown” agenda — the forced closure of private businesses, dictating who was “essential” and who was “non-essential” — then greater tyranny would follow.
However, “told ya so” is bittersweet.
Well, the next phase is here (like we knew it would be), and it’s the climate lockdowns. According to Gizmodo:
Short flights won’t take off across France anymore, so long as there’s an efficient train line that can connect commuters from point A to point B. In an aggressive effort to lower the country’s emissions, France has banned flight routes for locations where connecting train service would only take 2.5 hours or less.
According to Electrek:
France has received the green light from the European Commission to start cracking down on ultra-polluting short-haul flights within the country, starting with a ban on three popular flights from Paris-Orly Airport.
And:
The new ban will be valid for three years [emphasis added], after which it will need to be reassessed by the EC.
‘This is a major step forward and I am proud that France is a pioneer in this area,’ France’s Transport Minister Clément Beune said in a statement.
Furthermore, EU climate campaigner Thomas Gelin referred to the move as a “baby step” but nonetheless a step “in the right direction.”
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France is only about the same size in area as Texas and has excellent TGV connections (hi speed rail). If you want to drive locally, you can easily rent a car at the train station.
But the US is doing the same thing to domestic air travel by abusive TSA policies and procedures.
It used to be that if it took 7 hours to drive, you’re better off flying. The TSA has definitely changed that equation upwards.
Correct—private jets are specifically excluded.
Governments have one simple goal these days—special privileges for the rich and powerful while stabbing the peons in the back.
Good post.
While the European trains used to be wonderful they have begun to degrade with the massive influx of third worlders.
French folks will take the train once—and that will be their last time.
So what? Sometimes people want speed. Sometimes maybe they want to look out the window. And how once will it still be when all the air passengers are dumped off at the train station?
None of your damned business how they travel.
“France is only about the same size in area as Texas”
Drive or train from Brownsville to Amarillo. Drive from Texarkana, or even Dallas to El Paso. Get back to us.
And it’s not just the speed of the travel. Your personal danger of death goes up exponentially when you drive. And for extra fun, ice, rain, snow and time of day will impact driving in ways that it will never impede flying.
This was a death warrant issued for countless people.
Soon they’ll have the Extermination Lottery , everyone is entered and 90% win the extermination
2. How quickly will the budget airlines set up touch-and-go routes to other countries? If you're flying from Paris to Marseilles, make a minimal stop in Barcelona or Turin.
Yes. It seems that tearing down western civilization is the goal. It is what the left hates.
I just checked a couple travel sites. Full TGV fare is around €100 and Ouigo (very fast cattlecars) is as low as €20 for a 3.5 hour train trip from Paris to Marseilles. Some budget airline was €81 for a 1.5 hour flight tomorrow. I didn’t check longer notice flights.
Pretty much destroys the hub and spoke system for France, since it means having to transfer to the downtown train station, rather than a short connecting flight, such as to Lyon. So now many flights will simply bypass Paris.
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