Seems like a really good, thorough article about electrification and decarbonizing. I think the demand is there for CCU-powered flights, we'll just have to build more wind power so we can get there. Just a matter of infrastructure, the end cost will possibly be cheaper than flying right now.
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High speed night trains can lower the need for flying. NY LA is 3950km so an 11.3h train ride at 350km/h. When you sleep 8h of that it is better then flying. Then you only really need flights that go over a lot of water.