Letter: To cut carbon fast, many things may have to go

From Bryn Glover, Kirkby Malzeard, North Yorkshire, UK

I would fully endorse Paul Gulliver’s sentiments about the climate-harming pollution of space tourism, but I wonder how the principle of not “generating greenhouse gases for amusement” might be extended and, if this were done, how we should rank the pastimes involved (Letters, 12 June).

For example, would Formula 1 and other big business motor sports continue to be acceptable after package holiday flights and Sunday afternoon drives in the country were outlawed, or would it be the other way round?

I don’t believe such notions are fanciful: to meet the minimum climate targets, on which we all agree, we must stop burning fossil fuels. Ideally, we should stop completely now. But practicalities demand a phased reduction – so who or what goes first?