• conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Conventional wisdom is that airlines break even with true HSR (220MPH ish) at around 400-450 miles and have it beat by 500. But I also think that’s only accounting for time and not accounting for the incredibly enshittified experience that is flying these days.

    I’d gladly have my trip take a few extra hours if it meant not dealing with airline bullshit

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      11 months ago

      There’s an argument against planes due to carbon emissions too, so if that was included in the price I think many would be inclined to take rail instead.