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It's crazy to think that in 2016 there were ~3.6 billion airline passengers. Passenger airplanes started as a luxury and moved to mass market. Honestly, humanit
by lev99 8y ago
It's crazy to think that in 2016 there were ~3.6 billion airline passengers. Passenger airplanes started as a luxury and moved to mass market. Honestly, humanity benefits more from having high capacity cheap flights than having lower capacity more expensive faster flights. Luxury options aren't off the table, buy business class or go private.
And saving fuel is in everyone's best interest.
- JetSpiegel 8y ago> saving fuel is in everyone's best interest > started as a luxury and moved to mass market These two objectives are contradictory. There are so many more trips because the fares are cheap, so fuel consumption is much increased.
- throwawayjava 8y agoSurprisingly, if you're alone and the alternative is driving a personal vehicle, flying may be the more efficient way to get to your destination (but the comparison is inherently difficult). (Of course, I don't doubt that a lot of trips happen today which wouldn't have happened in the 60's, so you're probably still correct.) https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2015/09/evolving-climate-math-of-flying-vs-driving/ https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2015/09/evolving-clim...