Stream of Marknessness

“You’re pricing the poor out of the skies!”

I often hear this in response to arguments that the financial cost of flying should be more aligned to the environmental cost. It doesn’t really make any sense.

It’s a shame that poor people wouldn’t be able to fly to Spain for their holidays, but it’s also a shame that I can’t add an indulgence in lobsters and champagne to my daily routine. The sad fact of the matter is that we are all, to varying degrees, limited in what we can do by financial constraints.

Expensive things are generally expensive for a reason!