[RTC List] Bringing Delta Airlines to the Eureka/Arcata Airport

[William Van Hefner]

Michael,

Perhaps if we all got together and booked flights on one of Al Gore's
private jets we could reduce the "carbon footprint" enough to warrant air
travel for those of us in Humboldt that are not millionaires?

Are you seriously suggesting that it is somehow more eco-friendly for
several people to spend 6+ hours driving to San Francisco than it is for
30+ people to fly there at once in a little over an hour? I'd really like
to see the math on that one.

Unless you are volunteering to drive everyone there yourself in a 30+ seat
bus that runs on vegetable oil, I don't see how it is that stopping people
from flying is going to help the environment. It is inevitable that most
people will eventually need to travel to/from the area. Telling everyone
to "telecommute" doesn't really help. It is easy to tell other people what
to do without providing any type of relevant solution to the problem. If
you believe so strongly in the subject, perhaps you should do something to
create an alternative for people that is economically and environmentally
feasible.


-- 

William Van Hefner
President

Vantek Communications, Inc.
e-mail: vantek at sonic.net


> Hi John. Not sure how you made that leap, but I will say this.
>
> Air travel is about as far as we can get from the sustainability that both
> businesses and the public must figure out how to achieve. It is a
> convenience choice which saves time, but at very large costs to the
> environment.
>
> It is not going to be easy, but we all must figure out how to correct
> human-caused climate change. Telecommuting goes a long way toward that.
> And voice- and teleconferencing can help as well.
>
> John Yolton wrote at 03:25 PM 12/17/2007:
>
>>In response to Michael. I moved back to Eureka in 2000 (from Atlanta) so
>> I could enjoy our 'quality of life', I hope you are not insinuating that
>> business travelers should be excluded from that enjoyment.
>
>
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