What’s Greener In Europe — A Train, A Plane, Or A Car? What’s Dirtiest?

CleanTechnica
By Zachary ShahanApr 7, 2021, 8:51 pm609 ptsHot
For as long as I can remember, word on the street has been that trains are much greener than planes. Nonetheless, some regulations changed, some entrepreneurs had big dreams, and low-cost regional flights took off (no pun intended) in Europe. You can see in the graph below that passenger-km more than doubled…

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