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07-14-2022, 11:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-14-2022, 11:02 PM by Space Karen.)
Quote:Nigerian Airlines to Shutdown and Stop Flying as Fuel Reaches 95% of Operating Costs
The fuel crisis in Nigeria’s aviation industry has become untenable. In a letter penned by the President of the Airline Operators of Nigeria(AON), Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina, and sent to the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, airline industry operators have signaled their intent to down tools and halt operations on Monday, May 9 arguing that the current status quo is simply unsustainable.
https://airspace-africa.com/2022/05/07/n...ing-costs/
Airlines in africa shut down due to rising fuel costs.
Gambling casinos in macao are also closed down atm to fight a COVID outbreak.
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Rising gas prices and food prices are taking a toll on disposable income.
Leading to the average consumer having less income to spend on hospitality sectors in travel and tourism. This in turn is taking a toll on airlines who are seeing sharp declines in travel.
If circumstances deteriorate enough, the tourism industry in hawaii could trickle to a close.
What would life be like if that happened.
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The Nigerian Government kicked in a subsidy and the airlines didn't shut down.
The answer to your question is no.
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(07-14-2022, 11:45 PM)Obie Wrote: The answer to your question is no..
No? Ah come on Obie, not even a maybe? Or a slim chance? Just an outright no? Dude..?!?
I would have said no.. not in my lifetime. But mine's short. Conversely, I got great grandkids popping up and have to wonder what they're going see in their's?
And then, of course, when one digs into the details of what is happening while folks try to convince themselves that it's someone else's problem..
Like.. did you see the article about the Thwaites Glacier in Nature?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03758-y
And how about this one about the shelf holding back the Conger and Glenzer glaciers on the other side of the continent that AP reported on..
https://apnews.com/article/climate-scien...d4638cc237
And did you grok how extreme the temperature is changing? From the article..
more than 70 degrees (40 Celsius) warmer than normal
Have you bothered to imagine how much water is beyond these initial reports?
No? For my money I'd have to say Space Karen is on to something.. but then I am a strong proponent of taking climate science seriously..
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Didn't a big drop in tourism almost tank our economy after the great recession?
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I'm not sure what a glacier melting has to do with tourism in Hawaii !
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And did you grok how extreme the temperature is changing? From the article..
more than 70 degrees (40 Celsius) warmer than normal
Have you bothered to imagine how much water is beyond these initial reports?
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The earth was pretty hot during the dinosaur times and pretty cold during the ice age and man doesn't seem to have caused either issue. Likewise, continents have risen and fallen for millions of years with no input from man...
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earth was pretty hot during the dinosaur times and pretty cold during the ice age
The problem is "rate of change", not the change itself.
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(07-15-2022, 06:22 AM)Obie Wrote: I'm not sure what a glacier melting has to do with tourism in Hawaii !
Sweet Fanny Adams
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continents have risen and fallen for millions of years with no input from man...
Does that mean humans are not responsible this time, or could never be the cause?
Most of the eras pointed to in the past when CO2 levels were high, or oceans were high “with no input from man,” were also times when earth was inhospitable to humans due to the atmosphere or temperature.
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(07-14-2022, 11:01 PM)Space Karen Wrote: Leading to the average consumer having less income to spend on hospitality sectors in travel and tourism. This in turn is taking a toll on airlines who are seeing sharp declines in travel.
If circumstances deteriorate enough, the tourism industry in hawaii could trickle to a close.
What would life be like if that happened.
There has not been a sharp decline in air travel recently. When was the last time you were on a commerical flight? Covid has caused a pent up demand for travel so people have been willing to pay the higher costs.
With regards to tourism "closing", it's not an all or nothing proposition. A decline is certainly possible in the long term. More likely is a decline in the price of fuel in the near term and a return to normalcy, more or less.
