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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
In the greater scheme of things (as in, in the long term, we're all dead), we don't, but the whole economy is built, in part, on things and people flying from one place to another. I expect this will have to change slowly though, as fuel prices can be expected to go higher and the economic balance of the system will change.
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The overwhelming majority of goods, though, travel between continents by sea, rather than air. It tends to be only small, high-value, or highly perishable goods that are shipped by air.