<story><title>I&apos;ve stopped flying to conferences for climate change reasons</title><url>https://twitter.com/monadic/status/1133678258338373632</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>edent</author><text>Next week I&amp;#x27;m taking a 5 hour train journey rather than flying. When I figure in the time to get to the airport, the waiting in the lounge, baggage retrieval, etc. then flying doesn&amp;#x27;t save much time.&lt;p&gt;On the train I can work all the way, stretch my legs when I want, use WiFi &amp;#x2F; 4G, and bring as many liquids as I like.  The environmental benefits are a bonus on top.&lt;p&gt;I wish more of Europe was accessible directly via Eurostar from London, but I&amp;#x27;m quite happy with Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam for now.&lt;p&gt;(I&amp;#x27;ll be attending &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;opensourceawards.org&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;opensourceawards.org&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; - come say hi!)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>murph-almighty</author><text>As behind as the US is on this front, the NE Regional and Acela are fantastic for NY-DC travel. It&amp;#x27;s infinitely less headache in terms of what you can bring (liquids in baggage and not really much of a weight limit), space (leg room for days), general comfort (no cabin pressure)... I could go on about this.</text></comment>
<story><title>I&apos;ve stopped flying to conferences for climate change reasons</title><url>https://twitter.com/monadic/status/1133678258338373632</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>edent</author><text>Next week I&amp;#x27;m taking a 5 hour train journey rather than flying. When I figure in the time to get to the airport, the waiting in the lounge, baggage retrieval, etc. then flying doesn&amp;#x27;t save much time.&lt;p&gt;On the train I can work all the way, stretch my legs when I want, use WiFi &amp;#x2F; 4G, and bring as many liquids as I like.  The environmental benefits are a bonus on top.&lt;p&gt;I wish more of Europe was accessible directly via Eurostar from London, but I&amp;#x27;m quite happy with Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam for now.&lt;p&gt;(I&amp;#x27;ll be attending &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;opensourceawards.org&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;opensourceawards.org&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; - come say hi!)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>matt7aylor</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve found this to be a fantastic resource for creating travel plans in Europe (and beyond) without flying: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.seat61.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.seat61.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;No affiliation, just been using it to help plan all sorts of travel since I stopped flying in 2011 (although I have to say the best way to travel long distance in Europe is by bicycle, if you can make the time).</text></comment>