The case against tourism

[Robert Urbanek]

...the Case for tourism is that it is the first, second, or third largest employer in twenty-nine States of our Union.

Undoubtedly, the drug cartels employ many people in the distribution and sale of narcotics and, if it weren’t for drug abuse, imagine how many police offers, prison guards, therapists and social workers would lose their jobs.

“But it employs people” is not an excuse for destructive behavior.

Are you on the right wing? What happened to free market Capitalism even when not in socialism threads?

I am a falcon that flies with two wings.

 

[Robert Urbanek]

Which of course won't apply to the rich.

Which is like saying, “I should be able to cheat on my wife because rich men can have affairs and get away with it.”

In any case, since the very rich are a minority, a million middle class tourists are likely to leave a larger carbon footprint than 100 billionaire travelers.

Science disagrees. When your fellow DemoKKKrats take a private jet 7,000 miles to attend a "climate summit", for example, the individual carbon footprint of that hypocrite is 1,000 times larger than that of the average flier.

Touche.

 

[sealybobo]

“Solitude and solace are two of the experiences we have come to expect from our national parks. But you won’t fine either while jockeying for Instagram photos on the rim of the Grand, crushing into shuttle buses at Zion as you would into a rush-hour train in Manhattan, or pitching your tent in a packed campground in Yosemite, where by nightfall the yapping of your fellow citizens degenerates into a cacophony of children crying, couples bickering, old men snoring, and gadgets pinging.” — Christopher Ketcham, The Business of Scenery, Harper’s, April 2021

To which I might add the noise of others heard through thin-walled motel rooms.

The PBS tourist industry whores Rick Steves and Samantha Brown seldom or never mention the fossil fuel consumption of the airlines, or the attendant carbon footprint of vehicles used to ferry tourists amongst various destinations.

“Cruise ships generate significant quantities of wastes that the industry disposes of with surprisingly little regulation.” — Center for Sustainable System, University of Michigan

And, of course, the pandemic has shown us that cruise ships are a petri dish for viruses; not just the coronavirus, but also the diarrhea and vomiting-inducing norovirus.

I have a great argument for tourism. Women in red states can't get abortions in their states so they can come to my state and spend thousands of dollars on hotel rooms, food, gas, and the abortion. It's an industry just like skying or hunting. And with less humans on the planet it's actually a very green thing to do getting an abortion. One less meat eating methane producing parasite.

 

[Robert Urbanek]

I have a great argument for tourism. Women in red states can't get abortions in their states so they can come to my state and spend thousands of dollars on hotel rooms, food, gas, and the abortion. It's an industry just like skying or hunting. And with less humans on the planet it's actually a very green thing to do getting an abortion. One less meat eating methane producing parasite.

China has had a very effective reproduction control, including, in some cases, mandatory abortion but it is now the largest producer of greenhouse gases.

 

[sealybobo]

China has had a very effective reproduction control, including, in some cases, mandatory abortion but it is now the largest producer of greenhouse gases.

Still too many people. They also had too many boys. As many men are in the USA, China has that many men who can never find a wife because there aren't enough women.

I believe black women have a similar predicament. Not enough black men in America. So they have to share. Hence baby mamas. Maybe Chinese need to start swinging more. Or legalize prostitution.