This means that the only morally responsible course of action is to avoid flying except in emergencies. People need to accept that this action may reduce chances of promotion and opportunities to see new parts of the world. The unhappy truth is that the arrival of rapid climate change is going to curtail human freedom – we cannot do everything that we want. The particular virulence of aviation’s impact on eventual global temperatures means that severe and uncompromising self-restraint is an obligation. Those of us who seek to change the behaviour of others must stop flying. If we do not, we are fatally undermining our own campaign. Perhaps like many others, I am appalled by the international conferences on climate change that involve thousands of delegates travelling many miles by air.
-Chris Goodall, How to Live a Low Carbon Life
