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I’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.

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Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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- jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Note they mentioned rail as the desired alternative, rather than cars.
  
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  - Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.
    
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    BigBenis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    
    Also trains in the US suck. Much slower, and almost comparable in price to air travel.
    
    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.
    
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aidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Seeing as I can see my family and not be homeless, I consider it a positive.

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- BigBenis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.
  
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  - aidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Yes I am, as most trains don’t cross oceans.
    
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    BigBenis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.
    
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