Flying is damaging to our future

The "world week" as the children of the Left soldier. How is it with you?
It is an insult to all those that are seriously thinking about the future. The Wetziker SVP-councillor Heinrich Vettiger wanted to run with them at the cantonal school in a climate debate.

Why have you rejected this offer?
Heinrich Vettiger not even recognize the existence of the climate change . How should I discuss with him about solutions?

Wouldn't it still make sense to talk to him?
For Heinrich Vettiger, climate change is a conspiracy theory, although it is a scientific fact. That would be an absurd discussion. I understand that people are afraid of change, you want to prefer to live in the existing world. We try to make people realise that change is coming anyway and we should help shape it, so it's better to be positive, to suffer instead of him. There is also the SVP of people who are already confronted with climate change. The farmers, you are not required to submit climate report. You experience the dried up streams and parched fields in the summer.

you are not talking yet with a different way of thinking.
I was at the climate change conference in Katowice, where we had to do with oil and coal lobbyists. But Heinrich Vettiger wants to discuss with me about whether or not there is climate change or not. He should apply to the ETH Zurich. Him to say that he comes about 50 years too late with this question. We students have met also with politicians from Wetzikon and specific claims presented.

What is it?
the city farms Wetzikon must reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 to zero. This will be debated on Monday in the municipal Council.

How useful are flight bans?
they are useful. Flying is damaging to our future. In Europe traveling without a plane is very possible.

What exceptions would you approve, if you were the principal of the cantonal school?
No.

Makes your Canton school enough for the climate protection?
she is trying. For over ten years, there is a sustainability group. We have solar panels. Our canteen has almost only local products. But you could make more. So we have a oil heater, and in the cafeteria there is still no hot vegan menu.

How do you keep it personal with the fly?
In my last holiday I rode the train to Ireland. However, it is not critical how we behave personally. We need to find institutional solutions. As long as the fly is much cheaper than train travel, it is logical that the people fly a lot.

what This means is that people who work for the climate , are also allowed to fly?
It is not relevant to the content of your request. It may also make people attention to a Problem, which itself is not perfect.

Anyway, how could you reduce the size of your own ecological footprint?
I'm also flown. In the mobility, you could make something, even if it is for me difficult. Our family has no car. We could mount the solar panels on our roof, or only Second-hand clothes to buy. However, I find it unfair, to demand of each Individual total abandonment in a world that is so wasteful with resources.

it Needs to prohibitions in climate protection?
bans suggest that you restrict the personal freedom, consumer freedom limits the freedoms of others. We will achieve without bans on our climate goals never.

Currently in the political majority, rather on incentives. What do you say? That sounds good and would also be useful if we had 200 years to change our life habits. But we need to bring our CO2 emissions in twelve years at net zero.

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Created: 08.03.2019, 23:08 PM