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  • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    however every flight under 500 miles should be illegal.

    nah it should be an emissions per passenger mile thing and knowing the US, short-haul electric planes will be viable before we can build rail.

    also muh rural alaskan villages but i'll assume you meant like minneapolis to chicago.

    • DirtbagVegan [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Don't need to actually build much rail to radically expand rail passenger service. Aside from that, though just take a damn bus! Buses are nice too. There will not be practical electrical planes in our lifetime. Too much energy density, and battery tech is extremely heavy.

      • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        i've been on long-haul busses and america manages to fuck those up too. Rather fly in a pre-9/11 security environment than take greyhound at any time in history.

        the electric plane dorks are targeting short haul flights and 5 30 years from now if we're not all dead and the sulfur batteries work they'll be doing safety certs.