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Re:Flight risk: can we take the carbon out of air travel? by dagw on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @04:33AM (#20864656)
How is it possible to fly through the air for cheaper than trundling along on a rail?

Air doesn't need regular maintenance and has a much higher capacity. There are also several competing airlines on most routes pushing the price down.

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Re:Flight risk: can we take the carbon out of air travel? by JohnJamesRambo on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @05:01AM (#20864788)
Airplanes with jet engines that can’t fail or you can die need less maintenance than a diesel locomotive and cars with steel wheels that is rolling on the ground?
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Re:Flight risk: can we take the carbon out of air travel? by dagw on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @05:06AM (#20864809)
I'm talking about maintaining the tracks, and the electrical and signaling systems along the tracks.

I have no idea about the relative maintenance cost between a train and an airplane, but I suspect they're within the same order of magnitude (but I could be very wrong)

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