• tal@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Iceland and the Faroe Islands are normally grouped with Europe, and Greenland with North America.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly! While Greenland and Iceland are geographically considered American (or half Amarican, half European for Iceland) , they are geopolitically considered European countries.

      This means that a European rail, connecting all European countries, would need a rail to Greenland, which is on the other side of the Atlant.

      Now, I’m not arguing against trains, they are a useful tool for the right job, but planes fill a different role (small load but high speed transport to hard-to-reach locations) that trains cannot fulfill in the same capacity. So instead of abolishing planes, we should try to force them to be more environmentally viable.

      Thank you.