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Or we just stop flying arround the world for two-day trips.
I think we should now be at a point where we realize that people won't give up these benefits to their lives "for the greater good". Convincing people to go green as a business model would be a huge failure - nobody would pay to get convinced to stop doing something convenient.
The stat that really woke me up to how popular travel was when an aviation magazine once posted that at any second of any day, there are at least one million people flying in an airplane somewhere. That's an entire good sized city full of people who are not in contact with the ground at any point in time you care to pick. And that article was quite a few years old, I wouldn't be surprised if that number has increased…
Or we just stop flying arround the world for two-day trips.
I think we should now be at a point where we realize that people won't give up these benefits to their lives "for the greater good". Convincing people to go green as a business model would be a huge failure - nobody would pay to get convinced to stop doing something convenient.
Politically, it would probably be possible due to cost and risks.
The stat that really woke me up to how popular travel was when an aviation magazine once posted that at any second of any day, there are at least one million people flying in an airplane somewhere. That's an entire good sized city full of people who are not in contact with the ground at any point in time you care to pick. And that article was quite a few years old, I wouldn't be surprised if that number has increased…
It's said that 1000+ Boeing 737 alone are airborne $NOW.
From an engineering perspective how much harder would be to do a cross Atlantic high speed rail: Norway Canada ? Politically, it would probably be possible due to cost and risks.
Or we just stop flying arround the world for two-day trips.