Comments on: More on Jetblue and Their Flying Green Machines? [Plus a Bonus Mini Rant]

By: organicneedle

organicneedle — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:40:52 +0000

Hi Tasha. Welcome. Excellent point about the green side of breastfeeding. I must say after about a month into nursing my first son I gave up on the hooter-hiders, great name by the way. I think most of NYC, willingly or not, has seen one of my girls at some point or other. Fortunately in NY it takes a little more than flashing a little nip to get any real notice.

By: Tasha Buser

Tasha Buser — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:00:52 +0000

Having just come off of a flight- flown solo with baby delaney, i can relate to the mini-rant. being crammed into the window seat with a lap baby, who has just discovered the art of lifting up my hooter hider is not picnic in the park for me either. but the kids got to eat and hormone injected milk or additive laden formula just doesn’t sound quite as appetizing. oh, and by the way, consider the math on how much waste we breastfeeders reduce: no formula packaging, no water wasted on bottle washing, no ozone pollution from those nasty plastic bottles…

thanks for sharing brandi, your blog is wonderful:)

By: CindyW

CindyW — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:21:23 +0000

I am looking forward to seeing airplanes powered by solar cells – imagine one with solar chips plastered all over it…

About luggage, I do think people tend to pack too much. This friend of mine was raised by her dad as a world-traveler. At 7 she was taught to read any local maps to orient herself and to pack a duffel bag of belongings no matter how long and how far she traveled. She still travels this way and has passed the tradition on to her children.

I can’t give up traveling. I love traveling. I love seeing the world. In fact in a couple of weeks, we are flying long distance – 13 hours. Yes, with a 5-year old and a 3-year old. Last year they were 4 and 2, and we managed to/fro Italy without going nutso. I feel for the fellow passengers. But such is life

By: organicneedle

organicneedle — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:55:46 +0000

I never knew about the bathroom thing. I wonder why they don’t post signs about stuff like that. Obviously if you have to go you have to go, but it would probably make people at least give it the ol’ college try beforehand.

By: arduous

arduous — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:11:53 +0000

Southwest also recycles btw.

One other little thing you can do: use the restroom before you board the plane. Everytime you use the restroom on the plane, it uses up a crazy amt of energy. (I can’t really remember how much or why, but I know I read it at Green as a Thistle.)

I have accepted that I am not going to stop flying. But I also think that the airline industry, unlike the car industry, is more personally motivated to make changes because they themselves bear the cost of fuel. For example, if the airline industry already had the option of going electric like cars do, they wouldn’t be stalling! They’d be all over it. I think a reluctance to go out of business will keep airlines pressing new technology and I think it’s very possible we will see emissions-free planes much sooner than one would expect. I don’t believe the same is true of the automotive industry.