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JNugent[_5_] · June 21st 16, 04:44 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 21/06/2016 15:26, d wrote:

On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 15:12:25 +0100
JNugent wrote:
On 21/06/2016 13:47, d wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:11:32 +0100
JNugent wrote:

What - a problem that people can afford to travel for pleasure?
And without your permission?
What a problem.

Hedonism is for teenagers. Adults should feel a collective responsibility to
the enviroment if not for themselves then at least for their children and
future generations. If that means the w/e break to prague takes a backseat
then so be it.

Well, that's your view.
You *do* understand that not everyone shares your belief that only the
rich should be allowed to travel, don't you?

Straw man.

Nonsense.

There should simply be an upper limit on the number of flights in and out of
uk airports. Then its first come first served. And no , that wouldn't force
the prices up

Forcing up fares is EXACTLY what would happen in such a situation. We
got to affordable flights by increasing the capacity of the world's air
services. Restricting them again will return us to the bad old days.

Have you ever actually looked at (and read/understood) the first twenty
pages of an Economics GCSE textbook?

because there are already capacity limits but prices are still
very low.

Prices are low because supply is well-balanced with demand (in favour of
the consumer).

If flights were reduced in number to what they were in (say) the 1970s
(pre-Laker), we would be squarely back in a situation where only the
rich could travel to other continents, and where the experience of the
average UK Joe would be one charter flight a year from Luton to Alicante
if he's lucky. That's how it used to be.

And I don't think it should be just limited to aircraft. A number
of cities around the world have limited cars to odd or even numberplates each
day to reduce pollution. That should be done in london too.

Really?

Still, its all moot. Most of humanity - including you it would seem - is too
stupid to see the long term picture or simply doesn't care. We'll just be
anther footnote in earths long history. Perhaps something a bit smarter will
evolve in a few million years and get it right.

I do not profess any right to circumscribe the rights of my fellow
citizens. But clearly, we cannot all make that ever-so-slightly proud
boast, can you?