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A comment on Spain's plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a train in under 2.5 hrs. Parent comment

Re:Spain's plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a... by dividefuel on Monday February 26, 2024 @11:41AM (#39513419)
I'm honestly surprised how relatively close these values are. This says personal trucks use about 2x as much energy as mass transit. I would've thought the ratio would be much higher.
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Re:Spain's plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a... by ljf on Monday February 26, 2024 @12:07PM (#39513808)
The passenger numbers seem low to me - but I can only assume they come from research - so the passenger figures will skew that. A full bus (60 people?) would be far more efficient.
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