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Re:Spain launches free train tickets for short and medium jo... by sandworm101 on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:07PM (#32692444)
By extendion, they need disincentives to make any trips, trains included. The most carbon-neutral trip is the one never made. Tourism, long trips for no better reason than recreation, can never be made completely green.
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Re:Spain launches free train tickets for short and medium jo... by ClumsyPilot on Friday September 02, 2022 @04:17PM (#32695281)
> The most carbon-neutral trip is the one never made

The most carbon-neutral consumer is 6 feet under. Or, better yet, processed into biogas.

I don't think this is the kind of logic we should be engaging in

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Re:Spain launches free train tickets for short and medium jo... by Swenrekcah on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:22PM (#32692605)
It can be made close enough by train travel. There are other factors to consider than just carbon emissions, the most carbon reducing action would simply be to wipe out humanity but we probably don’t want that.
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Re:Spain launches free train tickets for short and medium jo... by ben_w on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:20PM (#32692580)
"Never" is a long time.
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