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On the flipside the constant airplane tourism is destroying nature on a global, not a local scale. I would personally guess that the environmental impact of 0
by carlmr 6y ago
On the flipside the constant airplane tourism is destroying nature on a global, not a local scale.
I would personally guess that the environmental impact of 0 tourism would be much better on the global scale.
- carlhjerpe 6y agoA fully booked jetliner is consuming less fuel per traveled distance than a car with one person in it. They're not as bad as you might think they are. The amount of delivery driving has definitely increased with corona, but there's less people commuting to work.
- carlmr 6y agoPeople don't routinely drive thousands of kilometers with their cars to go on vacation, they do however fly thousands of kilometers, because it's so fast. In delivery I agree with you, even with boxes, it's much more efficient for one delivery truck to drive to 1000 households than 1000 households to drive into the city, even with public transit.
- carlhjerpe 6y agoPeople do however drive tens of thousands of kilometers a year in their cars. My point isn't that less flying isn't good, I don't even know what my point is, probably just that there are many points to consider