We have been noting that
flying is dying for a couple of years, as the combination of peak oil and security concerns conspire to make it miserable and expensive. Now we can toss in volcanoes, and question whether it is time for a return to liners as a viable mode of translatlantic travel. Ships like the Queen Mary 2 are not really transportation; it is more about the cruise. But every berth is overbooked for Thursday's sailing as people consider it transportation once again. It only carries 2,620 passengers, but
Kris at Lo-tech Magazine calculates that if people were packed into it as tightly as they are into a 747, it could carry
half a million.
Nobody is going to try that, but there is a compromise somewhere.
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