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> I'm unsure if there is a more optimal solution. Not doing this at all, and letting everyone continue to be allowed to fly regardless of wealth or medical con
by josephcsible 3y ago
> I'm unsure if there is a more optimal solution.
Not doing this at all, and letting everyone continue to be allowed to fly regardless of wealth or medical conditions?
> Could you make train travel more comfortable and convenient for folks with medical circumstances? If so, how? If not, why not?
I'd guess that maglev instead of conventional rail would probably do it.
- toomuchtodo 3y ago> Not doing this at all, and letting everyone continue to be allowed to fly regardless of wealth or medical conditions? If climate change is a collective action problem, this doesn't work. Only changes at scale move the needle. This is a change at scale, although iterating when improvements can be made should be considered (wrt the discussed situation).
- raffraffraff 3y agoThis, for sure. I gave up flying 7 years ago, and all that has achieved for climate change is a miniscule reduction of fuel used - perhaps 8 hours per year transporting 100kg (self + luggage). Perhaps the important impact personally is that I won't feel guilty as things get inevitably worse. At a stretch, maybe one or two people I have interacted with realised that they too could cut down or quit flying. But I don't preach, so it only ever comes up when relevant (someone starts a conversation about holidays abroad, or the company wants me to go to some pointless conference). I don't think I could name one person who I've influenced to quit flying.