The end of air travel as we know it
Soaring oil prices, coupled with climate change, is making commercial aviation not only unpopular but maybe impossible. Is the mile-high club about to end for good?
Guest: Bradford Plumer, Assistant Editor of The New Republic and author of the new piece, ?The End of Aviation: What will happen when America can’t afford to fly.?
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