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Delta boss says climate change means flying will cost more
BBC News ^ | November 14, 2021 | By Jonathan Josephs

Posted on 11/14/2021 7:46:20 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

The boss of the world's second biggest airline has said that tackling climate change will make flying more expensive.

"Over time, it's going to cost us all more, but it's the right approach that we must take," Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian told the BBC.

Critics argue the best way to reduce them is by flying less.

Atlanta-based Delta says that after spending $30m (£22.4m) a year on carbon-offsetting it has been carbon neutral since March 2020.

It has also pledged to spend $1bn over the next decade to cancel out all the emissions it creates.

More fuel-efficient planes, sustainable aviation fuels and removing carbon from the atmosphere are some of the ways it hopes to achieve this.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; hoax; propaganda; travel
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1 posted on 11/14/2021 7:46:20 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Then just drive.


2 posted on 11/14/2021 7:47:33 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What it should mean is he will have to get a real job.


3 posted on 11/14/2021 7:48:07 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Another James Taggert CEO.


4 posted on 11/14/2021 7:50:14 AM PST by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Liberals preventing pipelines and impeeding drilling will cause the price of everything that depends on oil to cost more, including flying.

It has ZERO to do with “climate change”

Just liberal stupidity.


5 posted on 11/14/2021 7:51:19 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’ve flown as much as I care to.


6 posted on 11/14/2021 7:52:19 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
hey delta boss.....climate change says we should shut down all those carbon polluting planes of your airline. we won't even talk about the noise pollution and environmental impact of an airport.

i can play this game all day long.

7 posted on 11/14/2021 7:52:31 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Driving is what I do. I won’t fly again thanks to thieving TSA, vaccine passports and general hoopla at the airports. Other than that, I love flying.


8 posted on 11/14/2021 7:53:14 AM PST by BipolarBob (I had to change my homepage because it was embellished somewhat. Apologies to all.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Rationing resources to the rich always reduces demand


9 posted on 11/14/2021 7:53:50 AM PST by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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To: BlueStateRightist

Haven’t read the book, but I did watch all three Atlas Shrugged movies this week, and before I read your comment, I was reminded of society in the story.


10 posted on 11/14/2021 7:54:15 AM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Delta’s WOKE credentials are impeccable.

I told them to take my frequent flyer miles, and shove them.


11 posted on 11/14/2021 7:54:44 AM PST by BrexitBen
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Translation: “Carbon kickbacks to the UN are going to be passed on to customers.
Its a tax and won’t fix anything.


12 posted on 11/14/2021 7:54:59 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The elites, of course, will get to fly anywhere as much as they want. We groundlings will get to use the bus to cross the country.


13 posted on 11/14/2021 7:56:27 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Atlanta-based Delta says that after spending $30m (£22.4m) a year on carbon-offsetting it has been carbon neutral since March 2020. “

What’s this IMBECILE CEO’S encore, whipping the ocean and commanding it not to rise?


14 posted on 11/14/2021 7:59:27 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You’re going to see a huge increase in charter and private jets. People are simply going to pool resources together to go on a chartered flight.


15 posted on 11/14/2021 8:01:00 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I prefer to give my business to companies that don’t buy in (at my expense) to algore’s slush fund.


16 posted on 11/14/2021 8:04:42 AM PST by farmguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The price of fuel really is going up for whatever reason (and the airlines have nothing to do with that), so he's not lying about the cost of flying going up.

And he probably does not know or care whether that's from climate change. Follows the party line because why not? He's rich.

17 posted on 11/14/2021 8:06:05 AM PST by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

One more reason I don’t fly anymore.


18 posted on 11/14/2021 8:07:23 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Won’t cost me anything. I will not fly their decrepit woke airline. Or any others for that matter. I may pay more for gas and hotels, but I’ll enjoy the ride. Something I have not done on an airline since the early 80s.


19 posted on 11/14/2021 8:07:45 AM PST by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I can hardly wait for pete to get that bridge to Hawaii put in place. Or brandon’s choo choo line.


20 posted on 11/14/2021 8:08:25 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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