I’m someone who prefers to drive because I don’t like people much and flying is now a miserable experience, but yes, when you tally up all the time it takes to go to the airport, park, go through security, and then fly (especially if there’s a layover tacked on), you really don’t save much time in the end.
If I were a European and train service was more feasible, I’d go that route. It’s really only a convenient option on the East Coast here.
For sociopaths who already don’t care about the externalities (billionaires and the like), their own asses getting irradiated might be a convincing argument.
I’m someone who prefers to drive because I don’t like people much and flying is now a miserable experience, but yes, when you tally up all the time it takes to go to the airport, park, go through security, and then fly (especially if there’s a layover tacked on), you really don’t save much time in the end.
If I were a European and train service was more feasible, I’d go that route. It’s really only a convenient option on the East Coast here.
To me, flying is just not worth it.
Not to mention that frequent flying is also too much radiation exposure.
The externalities are so terrifyingly large, “radiation exposure” seems like a sociopathic thing to worry about.
For sociopaths who already don’t care about the externalities (billionaires and the like), their own asses getting irradiated might be a convincing argument.