Study Shows People Would Rather Fly Than Ride A Stagecoach

Aero-News April 1 Special Edition

A little-known environmental think tank says that the ban on aviation proposed in the "Green New Deal" is among the most unrealistic ideas its ever encountered.

"We're all about the environment, don't get me wrong" said Clyde Matt-Chainge, Executive Director of the Center for the Restoration of the 18th Century. "But banning airplanes? That may be just a bit much. We don't want people to think that the environmental movement has jumped the shark. And how would we get to our meetings, conferences, and vacation homes if we have to ride a bicycle or a horse? Because if you don't take one of those, you're about 90 percent certain to be using some fossil fuel somewhere along the line."

The Center released a study that indicates the level of public acceptance for banning airplanes stands somewhere around 0.063 percent among U.S. residents, and most of those lived near airports. "They complained about the noise far more than the emissions," Matt-Chainge said. "And our research shows that even then, there are usually one or two chronic complainers who make about 96 percent of the complaints. When asked if they would like to see airplanes banned and take a sailboat to Europe or Australia, or a stagecoach from New York to LA, the overwhelming majority said "No". As bad a rap as airlines, TSA and air travel have, it is obvious that it's far preferable to whatever the alternative might be, and those alternatives are not particularly practical. They don't even want to drive an electric car using power generated by windmills.

"Then, there's the lack of an aviation ban anywhere else. We'd be a laughingstock even among the most progressive of countries," he said.

Former Vice President Al Gore said he would give up his private jet "When you pry it from my cold, dead fingers."

FMI: www.18thcentury-center.eco