I don't know what's "short distance" for you, but a flight from Zagreb to Amsterdam takes about 2 hours.
Using public transportation on the same route is 20+ hours at best and you need to switch between bus and train four times. Driving is 10+ hours.
Maybe, just maybe, we should stop immediately providing kerosine to private jets first? And droping subsidies for jet fuel and financing public transport instead?
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vapeloki@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 136d
Then maybe, just maybe, we should start canceling short distance flights?
Would also be a little bit less CO2 pumped out for a while.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 136d
SpeedRunner@europe.pub · 11 pts · 136d
I don't know what's "short distance" for you, but a flight from Zagreb to Amsterdam takes about 2 hours.
Using public transportation on the same route is 20+ hours at best and you need to switch between bus and train four times. Driving is 10+ hours.
Maybe, just maybe, we should stop immediately providing kerosine to private jets first? And droping subsidies for jet fuel and financing public transport instead?
mathemachristian@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 136d
nah suspend all flight, no one flies until the train tracks are built and optimized.
B0rax@feddit.org · 3 pts · 135d
That is not short distance. Frankfurt - Berlin is short distance.
theolodis@feddit.org · 2 pts · 135d
I'm sure with todays technology we could find out which connections have an alternative by train in an acceptable time (maybe +100%?).
racoon@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 135d
Korkki@lemmy.ml · 21 pts · 136d
And no EU official will even protest US actions, because they fear Trump will leave Nato.
racoon@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 135d
narwhal@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 135d
which would be the best outcome for europe
mathemachristian@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 136d
ah fuck how will we melt our steel beams??
PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 135d
1990's: "I wonder if we could brew booze out of jet fuel"
2020's: "I wonder if we could brew jet fuel out of booze"
astutemural@midwest.social · 2 pts · 135d
Oh no!
Anyway