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What's the alternative?
Really often the alternative was not to make the journey. Whether that's the in-person visit to a customer site which could have been a video call (or an email) or the trip to go see how your Porsche was made in the factory. WG21 (the C++ Standards Committee) only began to allow you to present proposals or attend committee meetings without flying around the world in... 2020 because of Pandemic restrictions. Video con…
Except, of course, for business meetings which can be virtual (or just an email). I'm asking what's a practical alternative assuming we still want people to be able to go overseas. I agree for land routes high speed rail is better, too. I don't really understand my downvotes just for asking about alternatives.