France set to ban short Domestic Flights, Replacing with Trains! Excellent Decision to cut Carbon Emissions! The plane emits 77 times more CO2 per passenger than the train! Fighting climate change is vital for a sustainable economy! Read this Interesting Perspective!!

Dear Friends and Students

Indian Express published an intriguing article on Climate change decisions! France to introduce stricter rules to cut down on emissions! No more domestic flights if you can cover that distance in less than 2.5 hours by train!! In fact last year Austrian Airlines replaced a flight route between the capital Vienna and Salzburg with a more frequent train service. Attempts are on the way to cut emissions. 

As part of the push mechanism, Austria is trying to impose an additional ticket fee of €30 for short-haul flights below 350 kilometers! This kind of method disallows and discourages short plane travels. A similar approach is needed across the globe to cut emissions.

There was an interesting study made by Stefan Gössling, “a professor at Sweden’s Linnaeus University, had found that frequent fliers representing just 1% of the world’s population accounted for more than half of total aviation emissions from passenger air travel in 2018”.

Even in India, Social and Economic preferences made precedence over the last few years, but time has arrived to give priority to Environmental preferences. If you compare between Luxury Vs. Life, Life gets higher importance, else coming generations cannot access clean water and air. Corona has already taught this lesson globally.

Carbon Footprint (CF) and Water Footprint (WF) should be the key drivers of the future. Every product or service should display CF and WF along with product features, design, composition, and comfort. A separate price tag is needed for CF and WF!

Dear Students

Did you calculate your daily Carbon Footprint? Your food, Your Transportation, Your Home, Your Offset (plantation programs) decide your footprint. For e.g. “A Vegetarian’s footprint is about two-thirds of the average and almost half that of a meat lover. For a Vegan, it is even lower. Your vehicle is another significant part of your carbon footprint, accounting for approximately 30 percent of the average American's carbon footprint, at 5.16 tons per year. The third-largest factor in your carbon footprint is utilities. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions depends on the type of utility and on the number of people in your household” Source: savingnature.com/offset-your-carbon-footprint-carbon-calculator/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwgtWDBhDZARIsADEKwgMDUVOFKRFZbFm8XszxJZ-dLfixJS9zHoayrWcTvXiGdmIm_GFEA18aAjLBEALw_wcB

Planting trees is proven to reverse climate change. 

Your Well-wisher

Ravi Saripalle

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Source Inspiration:

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/france-all-set-to-ban-short-domestic-flights-to-cut-down-on-emissions-7271565/