Yes, and with no crowding or riding double. Gene
On Dec 23, 2013, at 8:46 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > As they say, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. > > Carrol > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gar Lipow > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 7:34 PM > To: Progressive Economics > Subject: Re: [Pen-l] A reason not to fly > > > On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Chuck Grimes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There is another more ominous consequence of dense and that is > prolonged > contact with people who are sick with colds and flues. Basically > international > travel is just disease pen. > > This points to a possible lawsut for health and safety standards > that should > include more room, more food, and better design. > > The last time I flew I got a monster flue and ended up in the > hospital. The > same thing happened to my former boss who really had a bad time that > took > weeks to recover. > > It's the same general consequence that cramming domestic chickens > and ducks > into pens creates the environment for disease. > > Well, if we had regulated air travel it would be simple enough to > impose > health and safety as well as reasonable comfort standards and be > done with > the nightmare of air travel on long distant flights. > > > > > Being crammed in one position can also cause blood clots. Also flying is > very greenhouse gas intensive. Regulations that made flying healthier would > also make it more expensive - which might be a good thing. > > > CG > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > > > > -- > Facebook: Gar Lipow Twitter: GarLipow Solving the Climate Crisis web page: > SolvingTheClimateCrisis.com Grist Blog: http://grist.org/author/gar-lipow/ > Online technical reference: http://www.nohairshirts.com > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
