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minus-squareCookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·1 year agoFuck that just built trams and trains
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·1 year agoDo you have any idea how much time and resources it would take to construct high speed rail across the US compared to small local airstrips for VTOLs?
minus-squaretrashgirlfriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDo you know how much more utility and efficiency actual public transport has? Flying is a horrible option for short range public transport.
minus-squareCookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDo you have a idea how much more efficient it would be?
minus-squaremplewis@lemmy.globe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoYeah and think of how many more people a single five-person helicopter can move per hour! An obvious choice
minus-squareApollo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAn order of magnitude less than carrying the same cargo via VTOLs.
Fuck that just built trams and trains
Do you have any idea how much time and resources it would take to construct high speed rail across the US compared to small local airstrips for VTOLs?
Do you know how much more utility and efficiency actual public transport has?
Flying is a horrible option for short range public transport.
Do you have a idea how much more efficient it would be?
Yeah and think of how many more people a single five-person helicopter can move per hour! An obvious choice
An order of magnitude less than carrying the same cargo via VTOLs.