People in Sweden switch to trains to deter global warming
People in Sweden seem to be following climate activist Greta Thunberg’s example in shunning air travel. The percentage that opted to take a train rather than fly has doubled in a year and a half. Flight shame may be at work. One flight between Sweden’s two biggest cities, Stockholm and Gothenburg, generates as much carbon dioxide as 40,000 train journeys, according to SJ, the country’s biggest train operator. Awareness of air travel’s impact on the planet has many Swedes opting to forgo air travel. Almost twice as many Swedes chose to travel by train instead of plane in the past year and a half — from 20% to 37%. Sweden’s airports have noticed a change, too. Passenger numbers dropped by 8% domestically and 4% to destinations abroad from January to April 2019, compared to Q1 of 2018. <br/>
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People in Sweden switch to trains to deter global warming
People in Sweden seem to be following climate activist Greta Thunberg’s example in shunning air travel. The percentage that opted to take a train rather than fly has doubled in a year and a half. Flight shame may be at work. One flight between Sweden’s two biggest cities, Stockholm and Gothenburg, generates as much carbon dioxide as 40,000 train journeys, according to SJ, the country’s biggest train operator. Awareness of air travel’s impact on the planet has many Swedes opting to forgo air travel. Almost twice as many Swedes chose to travel by train instead of plane in the past year and a half — from 20% to 37%. Sweden’s airports have noticed a change, too. Passenger numbers dropped by 8% domestically and 4% to destinations abroad from January to April 2019, compared to Q1 of 2018. <br/>
