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Old 04-21-2010, 06:22 AM   #181
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Old 04-21-2010, 11:31 AM   #182
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Which is why we have more now, because there are more people on Earth than there ever was.
I think there are probably the same relative number - but now they're getting better publicity. Instant publicity. With images!
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Old 04-21-2010, 12:11 PM   #183
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Old 04-21-2010, 01:17 PM   #184
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I think there are probably the same relative number - but now they're getting better publicity. Instant publicity. With images!
We were talking about Pompeii, that "only" one village had some problem with that... But those Romans didn't really use the skies yet...

These things will hit harder and harder, not because nature is stronger, but because we can have less and less. The least interruption by nature will halt our world economy...
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Old 04-21-2010, 01:20 PM   #185
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I think there are probably the same relative number - but now they're getting better publicity. Instant publicity. With images!
Don't know what you mean by "same relative number" but see here (watch the animated version!): there are more & more people! => more & more people impacted by events!
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Old 04-21-2010, 04:05 PM   #186
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How essential is flying to most people? We may have become used to getting anywhere in the world in a day, but I'd guess that there are very few people who actually NEED to do so. Eg, you can get pretty much anywhere in Western Europe on the train in a day (24h); I'd guess that the same would be true in the US, too, with modern high-speed trains.

Yeah, if we had any! Sadly the US is FAR behind in rail technology.
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Old 04-22-2010, 03:46 AM   #187
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Yeah, if we had any! Sadly the US is FAR behind in rail technology.
I meant that IF the US had a high-speed rail network THEN it would be true; I'm well aware that, with the exception of a few urban areas, such as the cities of the NE, passenger rail travel has been rather neglected in the US. With 200mph trains, though, even continent-crossing journeys become doable in a day.
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I meant that IF the US had a high-speed rail network THEN it would be true; I'm well aware that, with the exception of a few urban areas, such as the cities of the NE, passenger rail travel has been rather neglected in the US. With 200mph trains, though, even continent-crossing journeys become doable in a day.
Yeah, if the airlines lobby ever allowed it!
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I meant that IF the US had a high-speed rail network THEN it would be true; I'm well aware that, with the exception of a few urban areas, such as the cities of the NE, passenger rail travel has been rather neglected in the US. With 200mph trains, though, even continent-crossing journeys become doable in a day.
In my dreams!!! I LOVED traveling by rail in Europe!
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I meant that IF the US had a high-speed rail network THEN it would be true; I'm well aware that, with the exception of a few urban areas, such as the cities of the NE, passenger rail travel has been rather neglected in the US. With 200mph trains, though, even continent-crossing journeys become doable in a day.
Could it be secured against acts of sabotage?
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In reality, nothing can be secured against sabotage. You can only vary the level of difficulty involved for the saboteur.
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Sorry, what about Portugal?
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Old 04-23-2010, 03:37 AM   #194
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They probably also had a lot of extra flights to England and Ireland...

When we were waiting in Malaga, there were a lot of English and Irish people wanting to go home. There were major queues at the desks of Ryanair and EasyJet and a lot of flights towards the British Isles...

It was busy! When we wanted to take off (we were already delayed before the plane from Bremen touched down...), we had to do so fast, so the pilot already started picking up speed when he turned to corner to enter the runway (there was another flight incoming...)
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I think it's a joke from some film. But I'm afraid I have no idea which.
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