I've stopped flying to conferences for climate change reasons

Re:I've stopped flying to conferences for climate change rea... by seanmcdirmid on Monday June 03, 2019 @12:37PM (#20085136)

Generally anything separated by water should fly, but even just going across the continent I think flying wins out; eg why train from shanghai to Urumqi for 2-3 days when you can just fly for 5 or 6 hours?

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Re:I've stopped flying to conferences for climate change rea... by magduf on Monday June 03, 2019 @12:48PM (#20085278)

Yeah, that's the point I was trying to make before with my first sentence. A 5-6 hour flight isn't that hard to do in a seat; you don't need a sleeper for that. But a 2-3 day trip on a train isn't something you want to do in a regular upright seat.

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