Brendanjones, In ‘news that should surprise nobody but it’s nice to have it quantified’: high speed rail is less carbon intensive than short-haul flights, even when you take into account the full life cycle (including construction).
In other words, we should be banning short-haul flights and investing in trains.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S136192092300384X?via%3Dihub #trains #climateChange #rail #transport