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AirtimeAficionado t1_it3asre wrote

Reply to comment by westinghousesghost in Air Force One flying in to Pittsburgh by ThatOneDude9991

It’s simply way too hard to orchestrate a presidential visit without it, and to be fair it’s not like just the president is flying, with the senior staff and the press pool it is a fairly full jet with 200+ people for each visit. It’s not nearly as wasteful as something like a single billionaire’s private jet.

And to change it would require more attention than it’s worth, I’d rather have a president working on an emissions tax and brokering climate deals than focusing on fixing the emissions of a single jet.

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westinghousesghost t1_it3b1qr wrote

I understand why, it's just not worth it for a brief visit.

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James19991 t1_it3cch6 wrote

I agree with you. We are in a climate crisis, so we should be doing all we can to reduce emissions as much as possible. I don't see much of a point to this presidential visit either.

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AirtimeAficionado t1_it8by7g wrote

Well I’m sure President Biden does agree with you, and would try to travel by train where possible, but the secret service just isn’t necessarily built for that and it is too much of a logistical headache (you have to secure the entire route versus just flying in already secure airspace) to orchestrate that versus Air Force One most of the time, which is why it was used. But I do generally agree with what you’re saying.

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James19991 t1_it8f674 wrote

I get that plane is the easiest way for him to travel with everything that needs to be brought when the president travels, but to me it just felt like the visit was so short and brief it wasn't worth everything that came with it.

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Hurdurkin t1_it49v9o wrote

How r u gonna stop the sun?

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James19991 t1_it4c79n wrote

Thinking the sun is the reason for man-made climate change is on point for someone who considers a comment that said white people will come up with any excuse to vote for Republican to be racist lmao.

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AirtimeAficionado t1_it8ba1m wrote

I believe this was just one leg of a longer journey which was why the plane was used, either way, though, there are still a huge number of people that need to travel with the president, and in some cases a larger jet makes sense and is the most efficient option for doing so. One 747 and one cargo jet moving 200+ people and equipment is more efficient than 2 757s and a cargo jet doing the same thing.

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