MIT researchers are developing a new megawatt electric motor that could power the future...

Ticket cost for passengers would be too expensive due to cost of airplane production (cost of mining metals and supply/demand of metals) + cost of electrical energy if it's produced from renewable sources...ticket would probably cost 5000$ to travel 250 miles. We live in Orwelian world, led by clowns
 
It's not about that. Glad you think the economy is driven by family trips. How about this, most of the climate warriors that act more like cultist, have no earthly idea about either how and economy works or how much of it is dependent on fossil fuels. Instead of stopping a few hours, let's just live without fresh vegetables, since they are trucked by climate controlled trailers, all on fossil fuels. However the meat industry also either becoming extinct or hundreds of dollars a pound would probably be a good thing in your eyes. (no or expensive feed, fewer farms, same lack of viable transportation). Why worry about planes, we just won't fly! Sound like Utopia to me.

Let's just shut down the oil companies tomorrow. The world will never mind the inconvenience...And think of the carbon savings due to starvation, death from freezing, poverty, 250 million cars parked forever. Sign me up.
You make me look like I'm a climate fascist, and I hope I'm not :). I believe we could do a lot better than killing people by applying common sense like:
- fresh veggies are ok, fresh veggies from across the world are a no-no.
- we could do without storing unripped fruits in refrigerators for months so we can eat tasteless junk extra season
- a lot of wasteful packaging like big plastic buckets for yogurt that are 1/3 empty
- planned obsolesce in appliances brings a lot of waste
- me driving to work for 1-2 hours when I could do the same thing from home/local office is a waste of time and resources.
So in the end the question is: could we have the same comfort with a lower energy/raw materials consumption? I believe it is possible.
 
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