Comments on: In Defense of Air Travel http://frugallygreen.org/in-defense-of-air-travel/ Saving Earth one dollar at a time Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:04:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Martha Thomson http://frugallygreen.org/in-defense-of-air-travel/#comment-1361 Martha Thomson Sun, 23 May 2010 16:30:43 +0000 http://frugallygreen.org/?p=1377#comment-1361 i always prefer to travel using those budget Airline travel, they seem to have some good service too.'," i always prefer to travel using those budget Airline travel, they seem to have some good service too.’,”

]]> By: Tyler http://frugallygreen.org/in-defense-of-air-travel/#comment-980 Tyler Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:16:50 +0000 http://frugallygreen.org/?p=1377#comment-980 Good point KC. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. It seems that we're finally regaining consciousness of the usefulness of alternative transportation options like buses and trains. We've neglected them for so long in favor of car and plane travel, though, that we simply can't right the ship overnight. It seems that the ball is rolling in the right direction, though, and that is encouraging. Good point KC. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. It seems that we’re finally regaining consciousness of the usefulness of alternative transportation options like buses and trains. We’ve neglected them for so long in favor of car and plane travel, though, that we simply can’t right the ship overnight.

It seems that the ball is rolling in the right direction, though, and that is encouraging.

]]> By: KC http://frugallygreen.org/in-defense-of-air-travel/#comment-975 KC Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:11:18 +0000 http://frugallygreen.org/?p=1377#comment-975 Totally agree with you that airplane is a great tool. But the problem right now is people not using the right tool for the job at hand. If the job at hand is to transport oneself from US to Europe no doubt its the best tool available. But if the job at hand is to transport a person 200 miles within a state, then its not. There are better alternatives. This is where the green movement steps in and starts bashing the tool instead of finding fault with the people using the wrong tool. At least in the US where I live, people have neglected all alternatives and hang on to airlines as their only option (other than driving of course!). But then its hard to find fault with people choosing airplane to travel within the state when the only train that goes through my city arrives at midnight. Totally agree with you that airplane is a great tool. But the problem right now is people not using the right tool for the job at hand. If the job at hand is to transport oneself from US to Europe no doubt its the best tool available. But if the job at hand is to transport a person 200 miles within a state, then its not. There are better alternatives. This is where the green movement steps in and starts bashing the tool instead of finding fault with the people using the wrong tool.

At least in the US where I live, people have neglected all alternatives and hang on to airlines as their only option (other than driving of course!). But then its hard to find fault with people choosing airplane to travel within the state when the only train that goes through my city arrives at midnight.

]]> By: travel deals http://frugallygreen.org/in-defense-of-air-travel/#comment-972 travel deals Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:12:36 +0000 http://frugallygreen.org/?p=1377#comment-972 why do we travel? Or like the song goes "does anybody know what we are looking for"?? Why do we consider travel a basic desire nowadays? I especially like how George Santayana puts it in The Philosophy of Travel: "We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what." Do we travel to lose ourselves or to find ourselves? In order to find the WHERE, WHEN or HOW to travel, we need to rediscover the pure pleasure of travels and the meaning of our own inner journey and rediscovery. why do we travel? Or like the song goes “does anybody know what we are looking for”?? Why do we consider travel a basic desire nowadays? I especially like how George Santayana puts it in The Philosophy of Travel: “We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what.” Do we travel to lose ourselves or to find ourselves? In order to find the WHERE, WHEN or HOW to travel, we need to rediscover the pure pleasure of travels and the meaning of our own inner journey and rediscovery.

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