Should I Stop Flying?

Started reading, but I'm already there. Traveling less quickly and with less energy converted per person is a no-brainer given human population. It's okay to not get everything we want, and in restraint can be found so much pleasure in life.

I would like for young people, out of high school or during college/tradeschool, to be able to travel somewhere(s) else in the world so they can see how similar we all are. World leaders need in-person meetings, I think. Journalists and authors, so the rest of us can read about their experiences, whether in fiction or non. There are other reasonable exceptions. Easy for me to say, as I've been around the world a couple times and visited maybe twenty countries after college. I want that for all of my students, and then I want them to generally be okay with flying seldom to never thereafter.

Yes, please stop flying, thus increasing the chances of a slower decline of life on Earth during this extinction event.

For everybody who stops flying on this side of the world, don't forget the multitude on the other side of the world who are finding the financial ability to fly for the first time. So many new 737s and A320s are being shipped to the developing world (https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/air-india..., https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65952879# almost 1000 airplanes ordered for India alone this year)

More energy should be spent trying to encourage more efficient flying and removing inefficient aircraft from the skies (like 777s) by helping Boeing/Airbus get unblocked on building more 787s/A350s. What about pursuing policies to get airplanes to not sit at gates with their APUs on, that'd make a pretty big reduction in emissions relative to a handful of outside.com readers deciding to take the train.

>Most of us can’t imagine not flying

Actually, "most of us" have never flown and never will during their lives.

> In 2018, the industry accounted for 2.4 percent of global emissions and has single-handedly contributed to about 4 percent of observed human-caused climate change to date.

What can individuals do about the other 96% of human-caused climate change/97.6% of global emissions?

People should not only stop flying, but they should reduce their mobility in general. Travel is never really sustainable , no matter the means of transport.

We need to change our labor standards so I can take a boat to Auckland from SF and still spend two whole weeks in NZ.

Doesn't seem to list any changes the reductions in flights would cause?