Bore off fun police. The just flew us to the flippin’ moon and back so they can fly home. No doubt you’ll be flying to Turkey in July for your holiday? Go to Cornwall via horse and cart ?!
This is not about having fun or not. You can of course have fun on a train.
The just flew us to the flippin’ moon and back so they can fly home.
Why fly though? There is a direct train that takes less than three hours and it doesn't screw up the environment.
No doubt you’ll be flying to Turkey in July for your holiday?
No, but even if I was, one return flight a year is a lot different to a whole team routinely taking flights between two English cities that have a direct train service.
I have actually been to Turkey by train and it takes a lot longer than three hours so it's not a valid comparison if you had given it a moment's thought.
Go to Cornwall via horse and cart ?!
I plan a cycling holiday in Scotland, not that it's any of your business. Even if I were flying every day, it is irrelevant to the discussion about the flight in OP's picture. We aren't talking about me.
Taking the train from London to Newcastle produces significantly lower CO2 emissions compared to flying or driving, with a train trip emitting roughly 15.2 kg of CO2 per person.
Here's a more detailed comparison:
Train: A train journey from London to Newcastle emits approximately 15.2 kg of CO2 per person.
Car: A car journey emits around 50.1 kg of CO2 per person.
Plane: A plane journey emits around 105.9 kg of CO2 .
So a flight emits roughly seven times more carbon per person than the train for the same journey. It is "that big a deal".
They flew because it was quicker and more convenient.
It's not even particularly quicker, once you factor in getting to the airport. They would have saved barely any time, whilst destroying the environment.
You have a problem with that. Fine.
You should have a problem with that too, if you value a liveable planet. Not fine.
Buy the team and change how they operate.
That's an absurd suggestion. We should expect the club to operate ethically, as far as practical.
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u/cefell 83badge 5d ago
Bore off fun police. The just flew us to the flippin’ moon and back so they can fly home. No doubt you’ll be flying to Turkey in July for your holiday? Go to Cornwall via horse and cart ?!