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09-08-2007, 13:41
Airplanes will soon have to carry environmental health warnings similar to cigarette packs. I feel this is a very good idea, as well as an excellent article.
With increasing evidence that aviation is a significant contributor to global warming the government today announced that all commercial aircraft entering or leaving UK airspace will be required to carry warnings about the damage that their carbon emissions are doing to the environment.
Initially, the warnings will spell out, in stark language, the effect that flying has on the world’s flora and fauna, hint at the destruction of habitats, and will be regularly updated with the current cost of oil, per barrel, measured in koala bears. If the warnings fail to have the desired effect, there are plans to show more graphic images of floods, dying whales and toothless, grinning Eskimos wearing shorts and flip-flops.
In-flight procedures will also be affected with cabin crew being retrained to roll their eyes, shake their heads and ‘tut’ loudly as each person boards the plane. After the safety briefing they will encourage everyone to look out at the engines during the flight and have a long, hard think about the real cost of their exciting little trip, and all in-flight movies will be interrupted every twenty minutes with a brief infomercial suggesting that earth is doomed unless we change our ways. To further emphasise the unnecessary waste caused by flying, the plastic trays from all the onboard ready meals will be stacked at the exits at the end of the flight with a large sign saying ‘You really should be ashamed of yourselves’.
Linky (http://newsbiscuit.com/article/aircraft-to-carry-environmental-warnings-178)
Thoughts?
With increasing evidence that aviation is a significant contributor to global warming the government today announced that all commercial aircraft entering or leaving UK airspace will be required to carry warnings about the damage that their carbon emissions are doing to the environment.
Initially, the warnings will spell out, in stark language, the effect that flying has on the world’s flora and fauna, hint at the destruction of habitats, and will be regularly updated with the current cost of oil, per barrel, measured in koala bears. If the warnings fail to have the desired effect, there are plans to show more graphic images of floods, dying whales and toothless, grinning Eskimos wearing shorts and flip-flops.
In-flight procedures will also be affected with cabin crew being retrained to roll their eyes, shake their heads and ‘tut’ loudly as each person boards the plane. After the safety briefing they will encourage everyone to look out at the engines during the flight and have a long, hard think about the real cost of their exciting little trip, and all in-flight movies will be interrupted every twenty minutes with a brief infomercial suggesting that earth is doomed unless we change our ways. To further emphasise the unnecessary waste caused by flying, the plastic trays from all the onboard ready meals will be stacked at the exits at the end of the flight with a large sign saying ‘You really should be ashamed of yourselves’.
Linky (http://newsbiscuit.com/article/aircraft-to-carry-environmental-warnings-178)
Thoughts?