Comments on: A Flying Start? http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/2010/01/22/a-flying-start/ “I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.” (George HW Bush – US President 1988-1992) Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:05:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sarastro http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/2010/01/22/a-flying-start/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Sarastro Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:12:39 +0000 http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/?p=160#comment-198 Ah the old canard comes out from Senn... tell me, do you protest against meat farmers, McDonalds and Sainbury's? Global emissions from jet efflux runs, at a liberal estimate, at 3% of total. Beef farming is up at 30+%. And what is worse, in many countries, forests are being cleared to make way for cattle - a double whammy. All in favour of trains, but they are not a panacea. Get from Wales to India by train if you can.... and remember that even electric trains are not that green. Where did all that juice come from?? Ah the old canard comes out from Senn… tell me, do you protest against meat farmers, McDonalds and Sainbury’s?

Global emissions from jet efflux runs, at a liberal estimate, at 3% of total. Beef farming is up at 30+%. And what is worse, in many countries, forests are being cleared to make way for cattle – a double whammy.

All in favour of trains, but they are not a panacea. Get from Wales to India by train if you can…. and remember that even electric trains are not that green. Where did all that juice come from??

]]> By: senn http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/2010/01/22/a-flying-start/comment-page-1/#comment-189 senn Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:13:56 +0000 http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/?p=160#comment-189 Jonathan, you cannot have any green credentials in your party if you believe in air travel. There is more potential in trains for a less polluting future. Jonathan, you cannot have any green credentials in your party if you believe in air travel. There is more potential in trains for a less polluting future.

]]> By: Sarastro http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/2010/01/22/a-flying-start/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Sarastro Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:40:24 +0000 http://blog.jonathanmorganam.com/?p=160#comment-182 Like you, JM, a cautious welcome. However, WAG has to be united on this one, if they are serious about making the airport work they (a) all need to be fans of, and sold on the benefits of air travel , and (b) need to look at the deeper reasons that airlines don't use the airport. The shininess of the building fades away in the light of the lamentable efforts of WAG to sell Wales to the wider world, reflected in their hatred of the private sector. Oh, and it would make life easier if the Conservative Party stopped threatening to use aviation as a tax punchbag after the next election. Hardly makes us folks in the airline business very willing to expand and take risks on airports like Cardiff.... Like you, JM, a cautious welcome. However, WAG has to be united on this one, if they are serious about making the airport work they (a) all need to be fans of, and sold on the benefits of air travel , and (b) need to look at the deeper reasons that airlines don’t use the airport. The shininess of the building fades away in the light of the lamentable efforts of WAG to sell Wales to the wider world, reflected in their hatred of the private sector.

Oh, and it would make life easier if the Conservative Party stopped threatening to use aviation as a tax punchbag after the next election. Hardly makes us folks in the airline business very willing to expand and take risks on airports like Cardiff….

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