(My first thread ever)
I have the "problem" that I feel extremely guilty when flying with planes because I contribute with that a lot to the pollution of the environment.
This feeling is that prominent that I most of the time refuse to fly somewhere or going on vacation even if I easily had the time and money or got invited. I flew probably around 5-6 times in my life.
I also have to admit that I'm bit scared of flying, and in combination with feeling guilty, it just doesn't make fun to travel long distances. I often use public transports like trains and busses to go away, but if I want to go in warm places during winter or visit exotic places, that's then hardly possible without taking a sabbatical leave.
We've soon a longer weekend ahead of us and I haven't planned anything. A coworker of mine recommended me to use the service of an agency that plans for you a surprise vacation of 3-4 days. First I was very excited of that idea. But then I thought: "Do I have the right to harm the environment that much only so I can have some extra fun for few days?"
I have the feeling that flying shouldn't be used for very casual trips, but only for very special and important occasions. The huge majority of humanity already doesn't fly, so flying for pleasure reasons or to broaden your own horizon is not really a "necessity".
Recently I discovered that there even exists a Swedish term for that, "Flygskam", which basically translates to "shaming for flying". This at least confirmed to me that I'm by far not the only one with these thoughts.
Sure, I do many other stuff that damages the environment and I have no counter-arguments for that.
Honestly I don't know what I want to achieve with this thread. I would like to hear what your thoughts about that topic are. Is it just pure overreaction for my part? Are there other ways and solutions to reduce the damage of travelling?
I have the "problem" that I feel extremely guilty when flying with planes because I contribute with that a lot to the pollution of the environment.
This feeling is that prominent that I most of the time refuse to fly somewhere or going on vacation even if I easily had the time and money or got invited. I flew probably around 5-6 times in my life.
I also have to admit that I'm bit scared of flying, and in combination with feeling guilty, it just doesn't make fun to travel long distances. I often use public transports like trains and busses to go away, but if I want to go in warm places during winter or visit exotic places, that's then hardly possible without taking a sabbatical leave.
We've soon a longer weekend ahead of us and I haven't planned anything. A coworker of mine recommended me to use the service of an agency that plans for you a surprise vacation of 3-4 days. First I was very excited of that idea. But then I thought: "Do I have the right to harm the environment that much only so I can have some extra fun for few days?"
I have the feeling that flying shouldn't be used for very casual trips, but only for very special and important occasions. The huge majority of humanity already doesn't fly, so flying for pleasure reasons or to broaden your own horizon is not really a "necessity".
Recently I discovered that there even exists a Swedish term for that, "Flygskam", which basically translates to "shaming for flying". This at least confirmed to me that I'm by far not the only one with these thoughts.
Sure, I do many other stuff that damages the environment and I have no counter-arguments for that.
Honestly I don't know what I want to achieve with this thread. I would like to hear what your thoughts about that topic are. Is it just pure overreaction for my part? Are there other ways and solutions to reduce the damage of travelling?