Sunday, February 03, 2008

I predict... oh, no fly-out or something

Having already campaigned for people to switch their phone chargers off at the wall when not charging phones, the Kaiser Chiefs are now - possibly - going to add a track to a charity album aimed at fighting expansion at Stanstead. Somewhat puckishly, NME.com illustrates the story with a picture of the band clattering off a BA jet.

But aren't the Kaiser Chiefs part of the problem? The band also took part in a promotion for Silverjet when they sent their equipment by jet to the US. Although Silverjet claims to be a carbon neutral airline, because it is all-business class, its flights carry fewer passengers than standard flights and so have a greater per-head impact on climate change - and, indeed, by requiring more planes to carry the same number of passengers could be argued to be part of the increasing pressure on London's existing airports which is leading to the push for extra capacity.


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