> saving fuel is in everyone's best interest
> started as a luxury and moved to mass market
These two objectives are contradictory. There are so many more trips because the fares are cheap, so fuel consumption is much increased.
> started as a luxury and moved to mass market
These two objectives are contradictory. There are so many more trips because the fares are cheap, so fuel consumption is much increased.
(Of course, I don't doubt that a lot of trips happen today which wouldn't have happened in the 60's, so you're probably still correct.)
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2015/09/evolving-clim...