How to Reduce CO2 Emissions
Choose a Global Warming conference location where there will be enough parking for all of the private jets that fly in, thus reducing the extra emissions that will be made by having the private jets park in airports hundreds of kilometers away.
Tempo Interaktif reports that Angkasa Pura - the management of Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport are concerned that the large number of additional private charter flights expected in Bali during the UN Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC) December 3-15, 2007, will exceed the carrying capacity of apron areas. To meet the added demand for aircraft storage officials are allocating "parking space" at other airports in Indonesia.
The operational manager for Bali's Airport, Azjar Effendi, says his 3 parking areas can only accommodate 15 planes, which means that some of the jets used by VIP delegations will only be allowed to disembark and embark their planes in Bali with parking provided at airports in Surabaya, Lombok, Jakarta and Makassar.
Because Global Warming is such a serious threat to our planet that merely flying commercial (I hear First Class is nice) wouldn't do it justice. Let me suggest some other ways to save the planet. Land the Lear Jet in Lombok and have the VIP delegates take a catamaran ferry to Bali. That saves a plane trip just for parking.
Light breakfast and snacks on board, tea, coffee, juices, Video entertainment on board, Newspaper on board. I don't know if the VIPs could deal with that level of service though.
p.s. Maybe a green argument for direct links to China...how many extraneous flight time would be saved by allowing direct flights?
1 comment:
Your point is a very good one. All these people in Bali think they are saving the world. Maybe it would just be better if they all stayed home.
International conferences must make a significant contribution to air traffic and CO2 emissions. Video conferencing and other alternatives should be given more consideration.
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