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Re:Sweden has invented a word to encourage people not to fly by NeedMoreTea on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @05:40AM (#20211044)
A one-person switch doesn't cancel a flight, or change the world, just as a one-person boycott doesn't get Nestle to change a recipe.

Yet trains are far less emitting than aircraft, so the more people that join the sooner flights will be cancelled or routes dropped as unprofitable. Increasing carbon taxes are inevitable, so that will further speed any changes.

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Re:Sweden has invented a word to encourage people not to fly by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @06:01AM (#20211212)
Every kg less that's carried means less fuel burnt. Sure each one person reduces the fuel usage by only a small amount.

But, you can't have less air travel without people stopping flying. It's going to happen incrementally.

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Re:Sweden has invented a word to encourage people not to fly by superqwert on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @05:43AM (#20211067)
What evidence are you citing here?
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Re:Sweden has invented a word to encourage people not to fly by mikojan on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @06:31AM (#20211432)
Is anybody denying that? I found a study by Mikhail Chester and Arpad Horvath suggesting that total life-cycle energy inputs and greenhouse gas emissions contribute an additional 63% for onroad, 155% for rail, and 31% for air systems over vehicle tailpipe operation. However, even than rail generally appears to be less damaging than air by far. What are your sources?
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Re:Sweden has invented a word to encourage people not to fly by lawlessone on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @06:20AM (#20211352)
when less people pay for things it becomes less profitable.
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Re:Sweden has invented a word to encourage people not to fly by superqwert on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @06:24AM (#20211386)
Yes, but the evidence is required for this claim:

"Yet trains are far less emitting than aircraft"

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Re:Sweden has invented a word to encourage people not to fly by NeedMoreTea on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @06:35AM (#20211463)
https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/daviz/specific-co2-e...

Rail: 28 kg/passenger km Air: 144 kg/passenger km

2014 figures.

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