Seeing as I can see my family and not be homeless, I consider it a positive.
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BigBenis@lemmy.world 3 months agoI’m not so sure that is a positive. Airplanes are huge emission drivers and our dependence on the convenience of air travel has caused us to cease investment and innovation in other more efficient and environmentally friendly methods of travel.
No doubt there’d be a lot more support for high speed rails if airplanes weren’t as accessible. IMO airplanes should only really be used for intercontinental travel.
aidan@lemmy.world 3 months ago
BigBenis@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Are you saying a high speed train to your destination wouldn’t also solve that problem? It would likely end up being cheaper to travel via rail considering the lower costs of maintenance and fuel, meaning further accessibility than we have today with our dependence on air travel.
aidan@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yes I am, as most trains don’t cross oceans.
BigBenis@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That’s fair, and please note that I mentioned air travel has its place in intercontinental travel in my previous comment. The whole point I’m trying to make is that domestic flights between areas that could support high speed land travel infrastructure are wasteful.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 months ago
When you factor in the number of people the airplane carries, they are about 3 times more efficient than a car with one person in it.
jj4211@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Note they mentioned rail as the desired alternative, rather than cars.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Just saying, compared to driving, airplanes are usually better. Also trains in the US suck. Much slower, and almost comparable in price to air travel.
BigBenis@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It doesn’t have to be that way, many other countries have solved those issues. But because we’ve leaned so heavily on air travel to get us to places only a few hours away by land there hasn’t been any incentive to innovate or invest in other forms of long-distance mass transit.