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Möchtest du das Leben in vollen Zügen genießen? Dann mach...
#mariafährtzug 🚂 #klimaticket #terranReisen #ZugStattFlug #TrainsNotPlanes

US DOT Aviation Climate Plan

I am currently on the Amtrak Cascades line between Seattle and Vancouver, returning from the awesome SeaGL 2025 conference at the University of Washington. I decided to cancel the US leg of my flight home because of the airport chaos caused by cancelling 10% of domestic flights. But it got me thinking that reducing air travel by 10% could have a huge effect on the USA’s greenhouse gas emissions.

My best estimate from the US Greenhouse Gas Inventory is that aviation emissions are about 125Mt annually. If we assume that the air traffic reduction will last about 1 month, that month would normally account for about 10Mt of emissions. A 10% reduction would thus make up about 1Mt of emissions.

For scale, that’s about the annual emissions of around 54,000 Americans. Not a bad reduction! It’s kind of a small percent of the total 6343 Mt the US puts out every year — about 0.016% — but I guess every bit counts. Given how tepid other climate action, even unintentional, has been in the US this year, we should probably congratulate the US DOT for its bold climate action.

#airtravel #climate #seagl2025 #trainsnotplanes #usdot

@preinheimer @sean @evan Preaching to the choir here! We train as much as possible.

There's so much missed potential for North American passenger rail it's infuriating.

#trainsNotPlanes #ClimateChange #trains

On the downside, I got Air Canada Silver status which means I'm living my life wrong. #TrainsNotPlanes

Zum Zug hätte ich es schon mal geschafft 😇😎
#bcg25 #BarcampGraz #Graz #Barcamp
#MariaFährtZug 🚂 #klimaticket #terranReisen #ZugStattFlug #TrainsNotPlanes

There is a little new night train line on our map: Since mid-April the Baltic Express between the 🇨🇿 Czech capitol Praha and the 🇵🇱 Baltic Sea port of Gdynia will carry a sleeper coach! 🚄 🛌 🛌 🛌 #nighttrains #trainsnotplanes

New Night Train from Prague to...

Mehr als nur ein Gefühl: Fluglärm in Wien explodiert 💥
(Funfact: Abgase auch. Flugzeuge verströmen Abgase, die auf die Stadt hetabsickern. Die lösen sich nicht auf und fliegen auch nicht weg.)
Quelle:
https://vie.noiselab.casper.aero/content/2/LC_Statistik/

#EarthDay #TrainsNotPlanes #ZugStattFlug #luftverschmutzung #lärmverschmutzung

Fenster mit Uhr 🕰️
OK ein sehr großes Fenster mit sehr großer Uhr 😂 Hauptbahnhof Graz 🚂
#Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday #Graz #ZugStattFlug #TrainsNotPlanes

Kurz in den Zug, paar Mails geschrieben und schon...
#mariafährtzug 🚂 #klimaticket 😇 #terranReisen #ZugStattFlug #TrainsNotPlanes

@timberwraith #GreenNewDeal #GreenTech #ThinkOutsideTheBox #Train #TrainsNotPlanes

@GeofCox
#2 is interesting. I've been advocating for this for a long time. #ThinkOutsideTheBox #ClimateChange #TrainsNotPlanes

#SETACSeville here we come! Off on a sustainable train journey from Lancaster to Seville, courtesy of a great value Interrail pass.

The journey is about 31 hours door to door, and including a hotel in Paris, cost ~£400 door-to-door. Perhaps not as cheap as a budget airline, but when you add in transit costs and baggage, it's not too far off. And honestly, it's much more comfortable.

#SETACbyTrain #FlyingLess #TrainsNotPlanes #SustainableTravel

Take a look at this itinerary and tell me taking the train over plane isn't fun! I'm off on a sustainable trip to Europe for an ETERNAL green pharma project meeting in Rome and collaboration building trip to TU Delft and the NL eScienceCenter. Plus a weekend off in the Dolomites ⛷️

#trainsnotplanes #sustainabletravel

@futurebird #TrainsNotPlanes

Final leg of the journey Brussels to London. The usual experience of everyone queueing at once to board, so waited in the lounge until last few minutes to departure.

#TrainsNotPlanes

https://calumryan.com/notes/3680

Second leg smooth transfer at Frankfurt Am Main for ICE International to Brussels #TrainsNotPlanes

https://calumryan.com/notes/3679

So far on time, first leg of my train journey back to London from Germany #TrainsNotPlanes

https://calumryan.com/notes/3678

RT @eurostarjustinp: Um, some might say this would be good news for the planet. The price of flights needs to reflect their environmental cost. Governments should do more to level the playing field and make sustainable rail travel more affordable.
#TrainsNotPlanes

RT @metrouk We hate to be the bearers of bad news but it might be time to say au revoir to budget flights as France is set to propose a minimum flight price policy to the European Union ✈️ 😢

https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/09/budget-flights-across-europe-could-soon-be-a-thing-of-the-past-19473251/

🌍🚘 The latest post in my Unfucking the Climate series focuses on how cars have destroyed society. The ”War on Cars” is both entirely imaginary, yet should be an utterly sensible mainstream policy.

People need to be free to move around their world without constant fear of being killed, so let’s invest in low-carbon alternatives that do that.

#climate #climateaction #WarOnCars #BikeLife #SafeStreets #TrainsNotPlanes

https://philsturgeon.com/unf-king-the-climate-freedom-from-car-dependency/

It took a few hours but I’ve got Surly “Bike of Theseus” Crosscheck all dressed and ready for One Last Mission™️.

May holiday was all about calming the fuck down.

This holiday is all about big wonderful adventures in Italy with a mate who’s over from the States. There’s gonna be beers and bears and infinite wild camping.

Heading vaguely east for a ferry, then it’s another #FlightFree adventure. #TrainsNotPlanes