Do you think air travel will be banned in the future due to high oil prices and this global warming stuff?

Question

Do you think air travel will be banned in the future due to high oil prices and this global warming stuff?

Answer 1

Not until they can come up with a way of moving that many people that much distance at those kind of speeds.

And, kudos to D W.

Answer 2

Highly unlikely.

Pollution from aircrafts is just a trivial contributor to global warming. So if a ban comes, first it would be road vehicles, industries, waste disposal and much later airplanes.

As for fuels, aviation has always found a way and will keep finding more. Either alternative fuels or nuclear, something's gonna keep aircrafts in air.

Answer 3

Not a chance. The world has become too enamored with speed of travel. There's no way you'll get people to go from a few hours to cross the Atlantic by plane back to a few days by ship.

It will get more expensive, and new technology will be developed, but it will continue.

Answer 4

Of course not. Markets rule, not governments.

Answer 5

First, I don't accept the premise of your question that refers to "global warming".  If you follow it closely, they have now changed to "climate change" so any variance can be attributed to humans.  The reality is that the average temperature has risen 1 degree in  100 years, until last year.  It has been so cold last year that the average has almost lost that 1 degree increase.  Listen closely to the "fix" which is to destroy capitalism.  Sure there is a "consensus" of so called scientists that agree global warming is a problem.  Remember, a group of scientists believed that the world was flat.  Consensus isn't scientific evidence.  I'll wait until we have real research and valid scientific conclusions before I go back to the stone age.

As for the other part of your question look at driving cars.   Sure people complain about the high price of gas.  But, have you driven less in the last year?  We are consuming the same amount of gas even with the higher prices.  So, we will still fly when  necessary.  And for recreational pilots (like me) we'll continue to fly for fun.

There is a "bio jet" that runs on vegetable oil.  The L-29 will be at Airventure this year.  Maybe we should convert all our Airlines to bio fuel.  They can serve fried food on the flights and use the waste for fuel.

P.S.  If algore's movie (An inconvenient truth) is shown in British schools, they must  disclose 9 errors in the film!

Answer 6

no, we'll find an alternative fuel or method of air travel.

Answer 7

No, tickets prices will just go up and eventually just a few people will be able to afford it! The world relies on air flight and I don't think it will ever stop.