This seems like madness to me. A fully loaded 747 has around 140,000 litres of energy-dense jet fuel containing between 2.2 and 2.9 GWh worth of energy - or around two hours output of a typical power station.

This level of profligacy is simply not sustainable.

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nancyminusone 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Optimization for this problem looks like making it so people and items do not need fast transportation, but I don't see that happening any time soon.

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RankingMember 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Parkinson's Law needs a moderator in the form of agreed-upon limits. How we get there, I have no idea, but it's well-overdue.

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noosphr 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, we need to shut down the power plants. People lived without electricity for millions of years, they can always get back to it. /s

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chneu 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

To summarize, this is the equivalent of someone putting their fingers in their ear and going, "lalalalalala I'm not listening" while someone tells them to stop being a consumption monster.

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RankingMember 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

To me, the parent's statement was a comment on the enormity of aircraft fuel used.

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twister2920 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

not really the same thing