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40% of global ship traffic is simply moving fossil fuels around! Renewables make much of this traffic obsolete (media.piefed.zip)
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40% of global ship traffic is simply moving fossil fuels around! Renewables make much of this traffic obsolete
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[–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

The thing is, we already have the solution though. It's public transport. Railways can also be used to transport cargo. For longer routes you can still use ships.

Your solution is the unrealistic one. Because we would have to invest an insane amount of money into that infrastructure. We could invest a fraction if that into public transport and we would be so much better off.

I don't care how many scientists agree with you. Just think critically for like 10 seconds about this. How would this really improve anything over public transport?

Also there are a lot if scientists agreeing with me, so...

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I think you're assuming everyone lives in an urban setting or a developed Western European country where trains are already present. That is not the case for a significant number of people, like it or not. it is not a one-size-fits-all solution, and certainly not a bridge to ease people off of fossil fuels.

    My parents live 2 hours from a large city, and 30 miles outside of a small town, the last 2 miles of which are a dirt road. What, exactly, form of public transport should I take from the airport to their house? A series of busses and then walk 2 miles? How would THEY get to the store? How should they buy and get food to their small farm? On a bus?

    Since you're awake, you're likely in the same time zone as I am, or close enough. Are there not isolated villages and communities where you live where 100 or fewer people aren't worth a bus going by every 45 minutes, just in case?

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