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Article: Eco-conscious happy to take low-cost flights says expert ; Even the greenest of us are reluctant to give up the benefits of cheap air travel, according to an Exeter researcher.
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- Express & Echo (Exeter UK)
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- August 28, 2008
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Even the greenest of us are reluctant to give up the benefits of
cheap air travel, according to an Exeter researcher.
Exeter University expert Stewart Barr told the Royal
Geographical Society's annual conference that even the most
committed environmentalists are largely unwilling to ditch low-cost
air travel.
But Exeter's best known green campaigner, Exeter Friends of the
Earth coordinator Maurice Spurway, said he was not an eco-hypocrite
and did not use low-cost airlines.
He said: "My view is that it is impossible to stop climate change
unless we all stop flying. It is one element but it is the kind of
decision that has to be taken.
"If you do the maths it is impossible to stop climate ...