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Air travel is the nuclear energy of transportation. (lemmy.ml)
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it's the most expensive to build/operate and much safer than typically perceived. Accidents are spectacular and rare.

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[โ€“] rockerface@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that might be because there's a lot of lamps and stoves in Africa and Asia, rather than anything to do with aviation

[โ€“] laylawashere44@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah but it illustrates that while the airline industry is held up to a lot of scrutiny for carbon emissions they are much less yet equally as polluting sectors that are much simpler to affect change that probably should get more attention.