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* Taking your shoes off in airports :)

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> * Taking your shoes off in airports :)

As someone who is not at all fond of flying, hopefully they'll judge the whole idea of tin cans hurtling through the sky, powered by highly flammable chemicals as being a bit primitive.

Looking at current research I would think that in the future plastic cans will hurtle across the sky, powered by more flammable but biodegradable chemicals. ;)

I think airplanes are here to stay for some time. There are few alternatives, one of them high speed rail, which has its own problems.

> ...high speed rail, which has its own problems

Oceans come to mind.

I was actually thinking about the absurdly high cost of high speed tracks (tens of millions per kilometer). But yeah, oceans are somewhat of a problem.

Airplanes are far safer, per mile, than buses or trains (about 10x less likely to die), never mind cars (60x).

Edit: corrected numbers.

Taking your shoes off in airports :)

This comic comes to mind every single time I go through airport security with my laptop. http://xkcd.com/651/

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