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Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by jdnenej on Thursday October 03, 2019 @07:14PM (#21153266)
That does nothing about the fact that flying is destroying our environment and emits greenhouse gas emissions 2 orders of magnitude over the same trip by train.
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Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by mac01021 on Friday October 04, 2019 @07:03AM (#21156489)
If you ammortize the environmental impact of building the rail network over all the rail trips, it might swing the other way. Especially if someone figures out carbon neutral air travel in the next decade.
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Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by jdnenej on Friday October 04, 2019 @07:37AM (#21156610)
If we are factoring in imaginary future tech then someone could invent carbon neutral trains
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Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by mac01021 on Friday October 04, 2019 @08:31AM (#21156965)
That's theoretically true, but more far-fetched considering the amount of steel involved.

Synthesizing jet fuel from atmospheric carbon, directly or indirectly, is an active area of research and will likely happen at some point.

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