The Golden Age of travel is over: All our lives, we've taken it for granted

PEAK OIL FOLKS!

This site has been warning about peak oil for years! Travel will be the least of your problems.

Airplanes burn gas in the atmosphere and are the main reasons behind global warming


It's time to build back better...

Well that settles it. You are one of them and a worthless piece of fiat shit just like the rest of the politicians.

All you care about is you.

People like you are why this country has gone to shit. MAMMON IS YOUR MASTER. I have ZERO respect for you.

Yes Dopey it true! One man did that!! One bad man. If we had good man all would be good. Biden bad! Trump good!!

Peak oil. Have been hearing about this myth for nearly 50 years. Contrary to popular opinion, oil comes from the earth by God. Not from dead dinosaurs. The US has never ending reserves.

US airlines don't want to fly a plane unless it is at 85% capacity. Fuel costs are crushing the airlines.

Just imagine a world in which, almost overnight, the transport system breaks down. Flights across the world are cancelled, leaving thousands of travellers stranded far from home.

Airports are crowded with mobs of angry, frightened people. Even greater throngs descend on the railway stations, desperate to squeeze on to the horribly overcrowded trains.

Meanwhile, the roads fall eerily silent, as rocketing petrol prices make it prohibitively expensive for all but the richest to drive long distances.

For businesses across the Western world — hotels and restaurants, cafes and newsagents, garages and tour operators — this would be nothing short of a disaster.
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US airlines don't want to fly a plane unless it is at 85% capacity. Fuel costs are crushing the airlines.

Just imagine a world in which, almost overnight, the transport system breaks down. Flights across the world are cancelled, leaving thousands of travellers stranded far from home.

Airports are crowded with mobs of angry, frightened people. Even greater throngs descend on the railway stations, desperate to squeeze on to the horribly overcrowded trains.

Meanwhile, the roads fall eerily silent, as rocketing petrol prices make it prohibitively expensive for all but the richest to drive long distances.

For businesses across the Western world — hotels and restaurants, cafes and newsagents, garages and tour operators — this would be nothing short of a disaster.
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Yes. I've flown my whole life. Throughout the 70s, 80s, 90s and saw its' decline over the years but especially in the 00s leading up to now.

My husband and I flew to Denver in 2016 and that was when my husband said he had it, he was not flying anymore. I flew a few times since then - the last time in 2019 was when I decided that's it for me. It just got unbearably worse over the years.

Now, as you mentioned with fuel costs, pilot shortages, cancellations, delays - it's turned into a hellish nightmare. Nope, I'm not ever steeping foot on a plane if I can help it. I'd rather take a bus, at least I'd have more legroom, can bring my own food and drink and wouldn't have to deal with gestapo flight attendants.

It's amazing, our once wealthy and free nation, has turned into a shithole. I remember as a kid wondering what sorts of technological advancements would be made in the future that would improve us and our lives. Sure, we have the internet but most people don't utilize it for the vast resource of knowledge it contains. Instead, they only have the attention span for a 3 minute tiktok video and can barely type outeletter acronyms, emojis and like buttons.

Technology has created a dumbed down, fat, lazy and entitled society. The golden age is gone and we are in a free fall towards our collapse.

Why was this pinned?

2 replies, and nobody gave it any stars so far.

the energy consumed by the average american would require 43 human slaves on a treadmill driven generator 24/7.

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Yes. I've flown my whole life. Throughout the 70s, 80s, 90s and saw its' decline over the years but especially in the 00s leading up to now.

My husband and I flew to Denver in 2016 and that was when my husband said he had it, he was not flying anymore. I flew a few times since then - the last time in 2019 was when I decided that's it for me. It just got unbearably worse over the years.

Now, as you mentioned with fuel costs, pilot shortages, cancellations, delays - it's turned into a hellish nightmare. Nope, I'm not ever steeping foot on a plane if I can help it. I'd rather take a bus, at least I'd have more legroom, can bring my own food and drink and wouldn't have to deal with gestapo flight attendants.

It's amazing, our once wealthy and free nation, has turned into a shithole. I remember as a kid wondering what sorts of technological advancements would be made in the future that would improve us and our lives. Sure, we have the internet but most people don't utilize it for the vast resource of knowledge it contains. Instead, they only have the attention span for a 3 minute tiktok video and can barely type outeletter acronyms, emojis and like buttons.

Technology has created a dumbed down, fat, lazy and entitled society. The golden age is gone and we are in a free fall towards our collapse.

No one flys anymore. It’s too crowded

Technology has created a dumbed down, fat, lazy and entitled society. The golden age is gone and we are in a free fall towards our collapse.

That ruined it for me....

LOL

You couldn't pay ME 16 fold TO fly on any of their planes.

My client is a major player in the aviation industry.
Had a very interesting conversation with him the other day.

What he said is shocking. Air travel is about to massively change:

1- Airlines will switch to a some kind of specialized eco fuel for planes, which is 18 times the price of regular gas.

2 - Airlines know that they can't simply raise the price 18 times for tickets because of fuel cost alone.

3- Hence the new airplane models that are being built now for use in the future are more "luxurious".

4 - Travelling therefore will be exclusive for the Uber rich. Less planes, less flights but more profits - were talking about like a 9-15K cost for an average round trip per person.

Travel now while you can. Vacationing will be a thing of the past. Average people will never be able to afford air travel again .

Palestinian people have been forced to live like this since 1948.

you are correct. i agree. golden age of travel is over.

That hate will come right back at them. Thank you for all that you do putting up with them and staying unjabbed and fighting for that.