Today the entrance tunnel for Heathrow airport was blocked up by protesters using a van because they don't want a third runway at Heathrow airport because they are worried about climate change. Hundreds or even thousands of people were missing their flights.
I have two issues with this,
Firstly there is no evidence that adding a third runway will effect the environment. The number of planes that exist in the world are the same. If there are 20,000 air planes flying now there will still be 20,000 air planes flying if the 3rd runway is built. Would a third runway not help the environment because there would be less planes loitering in the sky. It is the same logic with the motorways; Protestors tried to stop the motorways being built but the motorways help the environment because they allow large volumes of cars to stay in 5th gear. If the motorways were not there then all those cars would drive from city to city in lower gears and burn more fuel.
Secondly, many people are going to miss their flights and those people will need to pay for another flight. The protestors are making other people suffer because of their concerns. This is not fair because some of those people don't have much money and may need to stay in a hotel until the next flight if it is to a remote place.
