Over half of population do not feel guilty about taking short haul flights
Headline results from the 2007 Survey of Public Attitudes and Behaviours toward the environment are released today.
They give a representative picture of what people in England think, and how they behave, across a range of issues relevant to the environment, including transport and waste recycling.
Of the issues only 17 per cent, strongly agreed or tended to agree that they “felt guilty about taking short haul flights these days”. Over half strongly disagreed or tended to disagree with this statement.When asked for their attitudes about car use, 54 per cent strongly disagreed or tended to disagree that “people should be allowed to use their cars as much as they like, even if it causes damage to the environment”. Eight per cent strongly agreed with this statement.
Over half strongly agreed or tended to agree that they “would like to reduce their car use but find that there are no practical alternatives”.