Exciting news from Scotland as everyone’s favourite poster-children of the environmentally-minded revolution (if that makes sense) Plane Stupid join the stupid fun, hanging a banner off a carpark opposite Edinburgh Airport’s departures terminal. Spanish-owned BAA, the biggest airport operator in-tha-world, were told last week that they gotta sell three of their airports, and Edinburgh could be one of them. (Stansted and Gatwick have got to go, they’re allowed to choose between Edinburgh and Glasgow.)
Aviation is the fastest growing source of carbon emissions – and if we keep building airports and runways we can kiss a safe climate goodbye. A third of the flights from Edinburgh go to London, and there’s not ONE but TWO train lines from Edinburgh to London. Flying that short a distance? Definately: Stupid.
