Do remember that China has vast fleets of electric buses, the longest high-speed rail network in the world and Chinese citizens ride over 400 million e-bikes.
The EU imports 95 % of our oil, consumed in enlarged passenger cars during short rides to the grocery store.
The city posts: "The return of (short flights to Helsinki from Turku) is a strong message of the importance of Turku - new connections strengthen growth"
Put it in a time capsule to be opened in 2300.
(Turku is a coastal city)
The passenger car and commercial aviation (tourism) industries extract as much as the upstream oil corporation, from our shared assets such as cities and nature.
Every SUV takes space that belongs to people, and tourists booking AirBnBs remove affordable housing from the locals.
"In 53% (143) of the regions analysed (...) the higher income of citizens drives increased air traffic, not the other way around. The analysis finds that air traffic growth is most often a consequence of prosperity, not the cause of it."
#Growth
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/new...
"The loss-making and environmentally-damaging routes have been widely criticised, with Finland's airport operator Finavia calling on the government earlier this year to stop subsidising them."
Our culture is run by greedy idiots.
yle.fi/a/74-20162999
“Amsterdam is set to ban climate-damaging advertising [fossil fuel & meat adverts] in public spaces, following a trend spreading across Dutch cities.
France has also enacted legislation outlawing adverts from non-renewable energy companies, & one Italian city has plans to do the same.” #UrbanTruth
Initially proposed in 2020, Amsterdam has officially banned on public advertisements promoting meat and fossil fuel products.
So in 2026, during a global climate crisis and fuel shortages, Finnair decides to reinstate flights between Turku and Helsinki, about 170 km apart. According to the city of Turku, it's a strong sign of Turku's attractiveness. Make it make sense 🤦♀️
Aarne Granlund
The climate crisis is real. We should be pushing for renewables. Instead, the world's largest banks have committed nearly $1 trillion to the fossil fuel industry. Our country, our way of life, the very planet we call home, is being held to ransom by bankers.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Aarne Granlund
Aarne Granlund
Aarne Granlund
Aarne Granlund
Aarne Granlund
New article by Fern: www.fern.org/publications... - European Commission about to approve carbon credits for tree plantations that will then be clearcut. #CRCF
JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say
