How trains could replace planes in Europe

Re:How trains could replace planes in Europe by maigret on Thursday November 11, 2021 @05:11PM (#29193865)

The thing is that the chemical effects involved at the altitude airline planes fly is way more greenhouse impactful that the same consumption for a car, so you can’t compare that way. Also, trains are way better than this. French trains drive you around on nuclear energy.

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Re:How trains could replace planes in Europe by usrusr on Thursday November 11, 2021 @05:22PM (#29194019)

But that increased impact is a short term difference, right? The changes to air composition we cause by digging up in a few decades what had been sequestered off in millions of years are forever changes.

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Re:How trains could replace planes in Europe by maigret on Friday November 12, 2021 @04:31AM (#29197618)

Good questions, I don’t know enough details. CO2 stays in the air for a long time, but not forever either. For sure though, it’s absorbed way too slowly than what we’re outputting now.

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