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China Inks Deal with Siemens for World's Largest High Speed Rail Network

"It will also lose the carbon foot print argument since airplanes are and will continue to be superior to trains in terms of BTU per passenger miles. "

What ? Are you crazy ?

short haul flight : fuel consumption equivalent to every single person in the plane alone on the freeway in a small truck on the same distance

long haul flight : every single person alone in a sedan

Planes suck hard at fuel efficiency ...