I apologize to the flyers on my flist
Sep. 24th, 2008 03:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hmpfI know that attacks and recriminations are not the way to go if you want to convince people to change their behaviour. It's just that I get so frelling impatient when I read things like the article linked in the post before the one about flying, because I get the impression the house is on fire and we really need to start, y'know, dousing the flames, and yet any measure to do so is currently regarded as purely an individual 'lifestyle choice' that nobody has any business 'pushing' on others.
And yes, I actually flew fairly frequently between 2003 and 2005 (about eleven times, i.e. five return trips and one single, between Germany and Britain), and my *really* firm decision not to fly anymore is a recent thing, so I'm obviously no saint myself. So it's not like I don't understand the temptation and so on. I just think the time to give in to that temptation is well and truly over now. (Strictly speaking it's been over for quite a while, but sometimes facts take a while to penetrate. We all want to go on believing that we can make 'just one more' exception, and go on living the way we've always done - reality has to hit us over the head with a mallet a few times, usually, before we're ready to acknowledge it.)
And yes, I actually flew fairly frequently between 2003 and 2005 (about eleven times, i.e. five return trips and one single, between Germany and Britain), and my *really* firm decision not to fly anymore is a recent thing, so I'm obviously no saint myself. So it's not like I don't understand the temptation and so on. I just think the time to give in to that temptation is well and truly over now. (Strictly speaking it's been over for quite a while, but sometimes facts take a while to penetrate. We all want to go on believing that we can make 'just one more' exception, and go on living the way we've always done - reality has to hit us over the head with a mallet a few times, usually, before we're ready to acknowledge it.)
Re: A-ha!
Date: 2008-10-03 02:18 am (UTC)Unfortunately, in America, train travel is really not an option except for certain limited, high-populated areas. I looked into train travel for Moonridge last year. I would have to travel to either El Paso or Dallas (over 6 hours driving) to catch the train, and the very strange routing (way north before heading west and south to get to LA) would take over two days to get there. I could drive it in less time (depending on how long I could sit behind the wheel), and have the freedom of my own schedule.
In my case, travel by car means going alone for long distances. I might be able to meet another fan on the way to Moonridge next time... but it's a 12-hour drive to her place. I guess, ultimately, sharing stuff by Internet is the greenest solution.
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