Just what we needed...

With a literal mountain of admin to catch up on post Internet World, I fear my blogs may be a tad sparse for a while.

However, some things arrive at the in-box that simply cannot pass without comment, and this is one of them: Chinese flight plan takes off

Yes, to quote the first line of the piece: "China is to build up to 50 new airports and double its fleet of passenger jets over the next five years to meet the demand for travel from its growing middle class." 

That kind of puts our finding nifty ways to reuse a Yazoo cap in context. Come to that, it stacks up rather ominously against all the Humvee drivers in the US suddenly deciding to get a G-Wiz.

Of course there will be those who say that, because of such imbalances, 'why bother?'. 

The only reply is that we need to do even more; not necessarily for the compensatory carbon emissions that will result, but more because it shows we recognise what our cultures have inflicted on the planet, realised what must be done, and are committed to making to making things better. Except I rather suspect most will see a cheap flight to China as quite a nifty holiday deal.

Ignoring reality then, with luck such a stance may persuade those with whom we share this planet that grabbing their 'due', as we did (if in ignorance and then self-denial), will serve no one wherever they stand.