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First electric passenger plane lands at JFK in milestone flight. Travels 110 km costing $8 in fuel. (www.foxnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

110km = 68 miles (or about one hour of car travel on many US interstate highways)

Something something Americans will do anything but travel by train for short distances.

Edit: apparently y'all are unfamiliar with the meme, and as such taking my comment at 100% sincerity instead of the intended 38%. Also I'm an American myself, so the only intended disrespect was of the self-depreciating variety.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

have you seen the state of their rail system? Americans might be dumb but they're not fucking stupid.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

If this was 1903 they'd bitch that the Wright Brothers could have just walked to the other end of Kitty Hawk.

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