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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Yesterday I took a train from Kunming to Guangzhou. This means going through the Himalayas a bit then east for a while. It took about 8 hours and cost a bit more than $50USD. It is a little farther than Chicago to NYC, which costs a few hundred dollars and takes about 20 hours. It isn’t only Japan. America doesn’t seem to really grasp that oil is finite and the cost will keep increasing
gpt
Who's taking a 20 hour train to Chicago?  You could pay between $100 and $200 to be there in ~2 hours from NYC on an airplane.  Even with airport faff on the front end that's much less time than the 8 hours to Guangzhou.