Guilt Trip

Lonely Planet makes its readers feel good about air travel:

the founders of the Rough Guides and the Lonely Planet books, troubled that they have helped spread a casual attitude to air travel that could trigger devastating climate change, are uniting to urge tourists to fly less…

From next month warnings will appear in all new editions of their guides about the impact of flying on global warming alongside alternative ways of reaching certain destinations.

In fact, aircraft contrails may contribute to ‘global dimming,’ thought to be a significant offset to global warming.

posted on 06 March 2006 by skirchner in Culture & Society

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