As “woke” as America has become, it appears to have nothing on France, where many citizens think people should only be able to fly a few times in their lifetime because of the threat their flying allegedly poses to the climate.
How many times exactly? Four. That’s it, according to a poll of 1,010 French residents conducted by the Consumer Science and Analytics Institute (CSA).
The specific poll found that a whopping 41 percent of French residents support a ban on people taking more than four flights in their life, as reported by Fox News.
That number skyrocketed to 59 percent among harebrained 18-24-year-old teenyboppers.
The only good news is that “a majority” of all respondents opposed the ban. However, a 64 percent majority did say “they would be willing to limit their air travel in the near or medium term to combat climate change,” according to Fox News.
As for the four-flight ban, it’s the brainchild of Jean-Marc Jancovici, the president of The Shift Project, a French think tank “advocating the shift to a post-carbon economy.”
Responding on Twitter to the poll’s results, dissident Danish scientist Bjørn Lomborg wrote that it demonstrates “how crazy climate alarmism has” become.
“Let’s just say this once more Climate is a problem, not end-of-world. It will not be solved by making people worse off but through innovation,” he added.
This is how crazy climate alarmism has becoming
41% of French people are in favor of max 4 flights
Let’s just say this once more
Climate is a problem, not end-of-world
It will not be solved by making people worse off but through innovation https://t.co/EzSZcuws87— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) September 29, 2023
France’s “wokeness” via climate change isn’t necessarily that surprising when you factor in that French President Emmanuel Macron’s left-wing administration has been at war against airplanes since he assumed office in 2017.
In May, for example, his administration banned domestic air travel for flights that could be replaced by train rides that are under two-and-a-half hours.
“For the ban to apply, the EU insisted the air route in question must have a high-speed rail alternative that makes it possible to travel between the two cities in less than two-and-a-half hours. There must also be enough early and late-running trains to enable travelers to spend at least eight hours at the destination,” according to CNN.
But even this wasn’t enough for the country’s radical climate activists.
“Some have criticized French President Emmanuel Macron for watering down proposals from his own environmental panel, which had recommended a ban on flights where a train journey would take fewer than four hours. Critics have pointed out that high-speed train lines were already draining passengers away from airlines and that the ban pays lip service to climate concerns without really doing anything about them,” CNN notes.
Meanwhile, last month Macron’s transport minister, Clément Beaune, called for a minimum price on flights within Europe to stop airlines from offering budget prices to their customers. Why? Because the budget prices have been encouraging more people — like poor people, for instance — to fly.
“Plane tickets for €10 when we’re in the midst of the ecological transition, that’s no longer possible. That doesn’t reflect the price for the planet,” he said, according to GB News.
However, he’s faced pushback from the Airlines for Europe alliance, which reportedly represents 70 percent of the continent’s air traffic.
“In a letter to EU countries last week, Airlines for Europe said a minimum price would breach an EU law that allows airlines to freely set their prices,” according to Reuters.
“We do not support initiatives that would violate the established rights under EU Law of airlines,” the letter read.
Over in the United States meanwhile, President Joe Biden’s administration is pursuing a similar agenda targeting other carbon-producing inventions like appliances.
The Biden admin war on appliances continues as green agenda targets water heaters https://t.co/8aTnkWIUlp pic.twitter.com/uzMi66akxO
— BPR (@BIZPACReview) July 26, 2023
In fact, the administration just announced its latest attack on appliances last week: burdensome new regulations.
“The Department of Energy (DOE) said the energy efficiency regulations would slash household utility costs by $1.5 billion on an annual basis while reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector. The proposal, according to the agency, requires non-weatherized gas furnaces and those used in mobile homes to achieve a far higher level of efficiency than cheaper models on the market,” according to Fox News.
“At the direction of Congress, DOE is continuing to review and finalize energy standards for household appliances, such as residential furnaces, to lower costs for working families by reducing energy use and slashing harmful pollutants in homes across the nation,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in a statement.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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