• ikt@aussie.zone
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    12 hours ago

    “You have fuel efficiency improvements on the order of 1% per year, and flights are increasing 6%,” says Rutherford, “It’s not even close.”

    https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200218-climate-change-how-to-cut-your-carbon-emissions-when-flying

    straight up we need to fly less overall, so think of all the things that help reduce people flying and we need to do that

    but you’re right, i need to head back to see the family at christmas, look at my options

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      7 hours ago

      If the train was the cheapest option then that might be a relaxing travel. But it also uses holiday days you could be using for something else

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        6 hours ago

        yep I’m only staying for 3 days so the train ride would 4-5 days and my stay would be 3 days :|

        i do want to take the train up to cairns though, that seems nice

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      6 hours ago

      You can get a good deal if you ride-share, in this case. If you have too much luggage, the flight won’t be viable either, so it seems like a doable comparison.

      If I am reading the map correctly, mountains would come in the way, for a straight line path, but that is not a good enough excuse for not having high speed rail from Yelarbon to Burra, when there is a rail along the coastlines.

      And since I don’t know better, I am going to assume that train cost is dues to coastal maintenance costs.