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emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Having the public lose trust in the safety of flying is something I absolutely want to happen. This will have devastating effects on carbon emissions, and push more people (and governments) towards trains.

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AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Devastating is a bit of an exaggeration with it being responsible for a whooping 3% (at most) of emissions and arguably helping raise the albedo a bit with their contrails.

So it would help a bit, it wouldn’t be a game changer though (except if you live near an airport, sound is another pollution that’s often ignored).

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I would rather we start using blimos what can we do towards that

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- kamiheku@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  What is that like really fancy long blimps
  
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  - HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    y…yeah. That wasn’t a typo at all it’s a revolutionary idea.
    
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    BreakDecks@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    But without planes and their deadly propellers, where will we push Nazis?
    
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dukk@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I mean, I don’t think that’s the way to go about it. Trains don’t take me to my family across the planet in 11 hours. I’d prefer to feel secure when flying there.

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- emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Airbus will still be (mostly) safe. And I’m more concerned with the number of flights - particularly short flights that can be substituted by trains - than with flying per se. For long-distance travel, we don’t have a comparable alternative (yet).
  
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