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Exactly. It's not like if you couldn't fly from Los Angeles to New York once a month - you would just drive by yourself - and produce the same amount of carbon.
by onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
Exactly. It's not like if you couldn't fly from Los Angeles to New York once a month - you would just drive by yourself - and produce the same amount of carbon.
You wouldn't produce any carbon, because you'd likely never make the trip!
- Ericson2314 5y agoYes, this is why dealing with air is so tricky in economic terms, because "uninducing demand" does have more intrinsic downsides. Car -> rail is a mere political problem, once you get there it "unlocks" more travel so it is clearly economically good. I guess thank god for 9/11 boosting security theater. Don't like all the other patriot act garbage, but the degree to which air travel is so awful really helps here.
- jacobolus 5y agoAfter 9/11 air travel plateaued for 3–4 years, then afterward rebounded to the original trend line (i.e. massively expanded, and continues to expand). It doesn’t seem that all of the unpleasant security theater is enough to significantly deter people from flying.
- Ericson2314 5y agoNo one its own, but I think it would make a difference had we avoid hsr alternative.