Bison Bud

With all the buzz lately about electric cars and trying to eliminate the internal combustion engine in hopes of controlling c*****e c****e, lowering our carbon footprint, etc., it seems to me that we have pretty much ignored another major factor and that is all the jet fuel being consumed daily, especially at high altitude. Not only do these aircraft literally consume tons of f****l f**l on a single flight, much of their exhaust is dumped into probably the most fragile part of our atmosphere. Multiply that by the number of daily flights worldwide and this has to be something that really needs to be considered if we really think we can control or reverse c*****e c****e and yet we never hear much of anything about it even being a pollution issue.

Anyway, I doubt that we will ever be able to develop electric jet engines (but what do I know) and this issue is just getting bigger by the day and that isn't going to change anytime soon. While I am all for trying to control pollution where reasonably possible, I do have to question why this isn't a bigger issue than it seems to currently be. Any comments?

Jim70 Loc: Delaware

It's not a bigger issue because all the people bloviating about c*****e c****e fly to their conferences and demonstrations.

leftj Loc: Texas

There has always been c*****e c****e.

mflowe Loc: Port Deposit, MD

mflowe Loc: Port Deposit, MD

I'll start worrying about c*****e c****e when Leo DiCaprio gives up his private jets. I'll start worrying about c*****e c****e when Obama sells his beachfront property. I'll start worrying about c*****e c****e when all the world leaders stop flying their private jets to the latest c*****e c****e summit. WTF? They never heard of Zoom?

kerry12 Loc: Harrisburg, Pa.

Exactly. The elites need there comforts. By the way. The climate has been changing since the beginning and always will.

Ollieboy

👍👍👍 to all the posters exposing the hypocrisy.

FrumCA

Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

There has not always been c*****e c****e on a global scale caused by human activity.

mflowe Loc: Port Deposit, MD

So?

odujim Loc: New Jersey

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Aside from that, where do you think the electricity comes from for recharging all those batteries in the EV vehicles?

dugeeeeeee

I find it funny all the electric cars with batteries charged using coal fired electric plants. Also the term “g***n e****y” is ridiculous coal is a rock that burns and makes heat. Oil comes from the earth. They are both natural energy. Plastic too comes from the earth. It’s not like we are importing it from space and even if we were it would still be natural.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

One of the largest...yep, the largest, polluters of many facets of the environment are "Cruise Ships" and we will hear very little about them. Studies have revealed that a single cruise ship emits as much carbon as ONE MILLION automobiles PER DAY. Although the "big three" have their headquarters in America, they fly their f**gs from either Panama or the Bahamas which makes them exempt from most American laws in international waters....and of course from paying taxes on par with American businesses.

Bison Bud

I agree with that statement wholeheartedly and it's a scientific fact that the climate is indeed changing. However, I have always doubted that we are the primary cause! I do believe that we contribute to it to some degree, but how much is us and how much is something else? I also have serious doubts that we have the actual ability to change it to a measurable degree and my purpose here was more to point out the hypocrisy of the "Green New Deal" zealots out there. In their eyes, we are the primary, if not only cause of c*****e c****e and we all need to drive electric cars to save the world, yet jet aircraft burning tons of f****l f**l are not even considered to be an issue. I find that to be quite a paradox to say the least!