How Would You Respond to Rising Costs of Travel Due to Climate Change?

From TIES Facebook page discussion board (posted by Ralf Buckley, Griffith University):

“G’day everyone. I have an actual question to which I really would like to know the answer. I’ve asked lots of people already but this seems like an ideal forum to get an informed response! You can send me a Facebook message or post your answer on this discussion board. OK here it is.

Let’s suppose that because of measures to mitigate climate change, eg carbon taxes or trading systems or whatever, travel gets much more expensive. Let’s say it gets twice as expensive as it is now, relative to your income – i.e., if you were to continue travelling as much as you do now, it would use up twice the proportion of your total income as it does now. (We’ve had a bit of experience of this recently, though unrelated to climate change, with oil price increases..).

Which of the following responses would you be MOST LIKELY to adopt?

A. Keep travelling just as far and as often as currently, and just spend more.

B. Reduce your travel, stay home or close to home more than you do now.

C. Keep travelling about the same number of days in the year, but go to fewer places and stay longer at each so as to cut transport costs.

I’ve got some very interesting answers already, and when I get the overall picture, I’ll post up the results here. If you want to forward this question to your facebook friends, or anyone else, you are very welcome – they can reply by joining this group or by sending me a message or writing on my Wall.

Look forward to hearing from everyone! all the best, Ralf”

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