what if international air travel was limited so that there was only one international airport in a range of 1500km, or country.
So Vancouver would be the only International aiprort in BC, but Seattle or Portland would still be the PNW hub for the USA.
And those international airports could only have one flight between any other international airport.
This would:
a) greatly increase the use of land-based options for 1000km+ distances (which can then be electrified)
b) Incentivizes plane manufacturers to build more efficient, large planes that can take a larger number of people efficiently, rather than smaller planes that are cheaper to build, but proliferate, doubling/tripling the fuel use.
#Carbon #ClimateChange #Travel #AirTravel
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2025-03-20 18:49:53
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