Should air travel disappear? Guest this Tuesday morning on BFMTV-RMC, research engineer Jean-Marc Jancovici once again reiterated his call to drastically reduce air travel to address climate change, adding that, in any case, “the essence of commercial traffic current will die with oil. The president of The Shift Project proposes reducing the number of plane trips to 4 flights per person throughout life.
“That does not happen”
“Is it a tragedy to fly less?” asks the engineer-researcher. “It would be better not to, because in any case the plane was born with oil and there is no substitute for scale.” Electricity, hydrogen or biofuels are presented as possible solutions, but “to accommodate four billion passengers a year, that does not work,” he says. “It costs much less than that and therefore, in any case, air traffic should be gradually reduced.”
According to the president of The Shift Project, also in favor of reducing speed on highways, “leisure” trips today represent three quarters of global air traffic, that is, “they motivate a change of scenery or a reunion with people.” that we like.” However, he says, “people we like who went to live far away still chose” and “found advantages” in settling elsewhere.
Source: BFM TV
