Loading...All around Europe there is a campaign which is supported by environmentally-aware people.
Having been encouraged by supporters from Sweden and the notion ‘flygskam’ implying ‘flight shame’ the action has caught the eye of airline companies, travel groups and even political figures.
On July, 9 the minister of transport in France established so called eco-tax. It will concern all the planes that depart from France. The eco-tax range is between 1.5 euros up to 18 euros. As for the money raised from taxes it will be invested in alternative means of transport, for instance, trains.
As for KLM, in honour of its 100th anniversary the company has set up a movement of using planes less in case of short distances. It is advisable in such cases to give preference to travelling by trains. Such actions are taken as aviation is to be blamed for about 3 per cent of human-made carbon dioxide emissions all around the world.
Experts claim this movement to be a good idea for Europe as train travelling is well-developed and widespread. Moreover, it is easier to join countries by trans due to close location between them. And speaking in terms of the U.S. environmentally-aware people do not have such options of lessening the number of their flights. There are almost no alternatives to flying.
Driving a car might be some kind of alternative but the impact for the environment is really substantial. The idea of speedy trains for the U.S. is still a dream which is hard to fulfill. The reason is that the parts of the country are far away from each other.
Still there are things which can be done. Passengers can travel light, then avoid business class as those seats occupy a lot of space.
