Blue Angel Blues: We’re approaching the season when literal fighter jets swoop around our city like a playground, and some Seattleites are over it. The Airshow Climate Action coalition put up a new billboard on Rainier Ave that reads: “SAY NO TO BLUE ANGELS.” Think of the rescue dogs! Think of the military trauma! Or think of the 670 tons of carbon emissions they blow through in one weekend.
I’m not going to address your framing. It’s not as though Seafair is unique in any manner … hell, in Ashland, Ore., for the Fourth of July, fighter jets would fly down the Bear Creek valley from Klamath Falls to start the parade.
I take the bus. Do you? Because if not, the per-capita carbon emissions you’re ascribing to a couple of fighter planes is peanuts.
I do take the bus, bike, walk, stay home…
That’s of course wonderful. Having this sort of thing happen once a year doesn’t strike me as a huge concern.
it’s a wonderful life