Why is the principle stupid? He’s a climate scientist and flying is terrible for the environment.
IMHO “stupid” is when people fly private jets to climate summits.
IMHO “stupid” is when people fly private jets to climate summits.
Yet despite all that, and despite his presence in Germany being urgently needed, he decides to throw a tantrum on Twitter over a single plane flight, and deny his knowledge from being available for 2-3 months of time. Completely self-centered and ridiculous.
For what?
What disaster will occur should he not arrive back when he was supposed to (a month ago on the 10th of September).
I'm guessing he has a laptop and internet access.
Travelling to climate summits and other things that could be done via video calls is ridiculous, as is flying between two neighbouring cities because it's subsidized to a point it's cheaper than using a car. But there will always be cases where flying is just the most reasonable choice. Here it's the choice between 6 months field research + 2 flights or 10 months away from the desk and no flights.