Comments on: Could a Private Jet Be a Green Choice?

By: Lynda

Lynda — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:25:47 +0000

I agree with the critics of your plug for jet sharing. It is the complete OPPOSITE of anything green. Your logic makes no sense. Encouraging jet sharing would INCREASE the fossil fuel consumed and INCREASE air pollution/greenhouse gas emissions. One person using a jet on a weekly basis (as repugnant as it may be) is less bad than sharing it so it is used on a daily bases…although I find anyone who owns a private jet downright despicable.

By: Nick Aster

Nick Aster — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:53:33 +0000

ok ok, well good points. I should have phrased it differently, maybe I’m getting overly optimistic these days. Although – yes, if Hummers were shared and not owned they’d be infinitely greener – asuming they were rented for their actual purpose – going off road with large loads. I guess my point is that encouraging the fractional ownership culture and promoting services over ownership you imbue an inherantly more green set of behaviours in people.
They may start with the private jet, but soon they may not feel the need to “own” all sorts of things, especially if you don’t have to deal with maintenence and depreciation.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:45:01 +0000

C’mon what’s next – it’s ok if I “share” the ownership of my HUMMER H1. I love your blog but am not buying this.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:44:24 +0000

C’mon what’s next – it’s ok if I “share” the ownership of my HUMMER H1. I love your blog but am not buying this.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:49:32 +0000

A: The answer has to be no, it cannot be a green choice. Fractional ownership can only make things worse by getting people who otherwise couldn’t swing it off the already high impact commercial flight to the ultra high impact private toy. The comparison that should illuminate the choice is that between commercial and private, not private vs. offset private, right?