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How bout stop flying. It's easy to take away other peoples needs and wants.

by peteradio 4y ago

slashdev 4y ago
There are alternatives to coal.
- cies 4y ago
  There are alternatives to anything.
yoyohello13 4y ago
With the cost of flights these days, I've already stopped.
- deleted 4y ago
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drekk 4y ago
China implemented a nationwide high speed rail network while California debated maybe building a segment. It's possible to satisfy transit (and other) needs in a way that sustains growth and scales efficiently. Building more parking lots and highways doesn't really scale; Americans have so many domestic flights as a result. Of course, if the goal is to profit from moving people around you get perverse rent-seeking and $15 cling wrap turkey sandwiches in a CIBO kiosk. I would argue moving people around easily and efficiently is intrinsically good the same way building a well-utilized library is. The US has an incredibly successful geography that it has strategically not fully tapped. I'm just spitballing here but sending 70% of domestic freight via trucks is excremental. Having transit routes that run slower today than they did in the 20th century is unacceptable. Complete and utter lack of imagination or political willpower
- gadflyinyoureye 4y ago
  I'll be curious to see if the Chinese high speed rail survives. https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/chinas-high-speed-railways-plunge-from-high-profits-into-a-debt-trap/ https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/chinas-high-speed-rai...
- cmh89 4y ago
  There is really no reason there needs to be flights between the major cities in the north east. It's wild that its not easy and quick to get between major cities. New York City and Boston are roughly 200 miles apart and it takes four hours by car and four hours by transit. Tokyo and Osaka are 365 miles apart by car and an seven hour drive, but you can get between the two cities in three hours by using transit.
Paul-Craft 4y ago
> How bout stop flying. That would be a good step to take. > It's easy to take away other peoples needs and wants. I'm not sure what you're saying here, but what we're seeing now is just consequences of 50 years of global inaction. You want to blame someone, blame the people who have been in charge for the past two generations, not people today.

How bout stop flying. It's easy to take away other peoples needs and wants.

slashdev 4y ago

There are alternatives to coal.

cies 4y ago
There are alternatives to anything.

yoyohello13 4y ago

With the cost of flights these days, I've already stopped.

deleted 4y ago
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drekk 4y ago

China implemented a nationwide high speed rail network while California debated maybe building a segment. It's possible to satisfy transit (and other) needs in a way that sustains growth and scales efficiently. Building more parking lots and highways doesn't really scale; Americans have so many domestic flights as a result. Of course, if the goal is to profit from moving people around you get perverse rent-seeking and $15 cling wrap turkey sandwiches in a CIBO kiosk. I would argue moving people around easily and efficiently is intrinsically good the same way building a well-utilized library is. The US has an incredibly successful geography that it has strategically not fully tapped. I'm just spitballing here but sending 70% of domestic freight via trucks is excremental. Having transit routes that run slower today than they did in the 20th century is unacceptable. Complete and utter lack of imagination or political willpower

gadflyinyoureye 4y ago
I'll be curious to see if the Chinese high speed rail survives. https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/chinas-high-speed-railways-plunge-from-high-profits-into-a-debt-trap/ https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/chinas-high-speed-rai...
cmh89 4y ago
There is really no reason there needs to be flights between the major cities in the north east. It's wild that its not easy and quick to get between major cities. New York City and Boston are roughly 200 miles apart and it takes four hours by car and four hours by transit. Tokyo and Osaka are 365 miles apart by car and an seven hour drive, but you can get between the two cities in three hours by using transit.

Paul-Craft 4y ago

> How bout stop flying. That would be a good step to take. > It's easy to take away other peoples needs and wants. I'm not sure what you're saying here, but what we're seeing now is just consequences of 50 years of global inaction. You want to blame someone, blame the people who have been in charge for the past two generations, not people today.