I was thinking recently what it would be like if we replaced all aeroplanes with airships instead; like helium-filled zeppelins. If it meant saving the planet, surely everyone could tolerate a slower journey, after all, people used to spend days and weeks on ships travelling across the world.
The only real obstacle to this is the system's incessant need to extract as much of everyone's labour power as possible, not just over the course of a work day, but over their entire lives, meaning that any reduction in speed of travel, for instance, is intolerable, as it results in 'wasted time' that is not actively being spent on exploitation.
Scene from Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 22, "Symbiosis", in which Capt. Picard attempts to mediate a trade dispute between the Brekkians, (pictured) who possess large quantities of a valuable medicine called "spice", and the Ornarans, who are in need of the drug to cure a plague.
Just happened to be reading about afforestation today; particularly the Great Green Walls of China and Africa.
Curiously, the wiki article on the Chinese one has a dedicated 'criticism' section, while the African one does not
In my own anecdotal experience, some people, consciously or otherwise, will continue to refer to trans people as 'they' after it's been made apparent what their identity is.
It could be inferred that they're uncomfortable with stating a trans person's identified gender because they don't 'believe it', which implies their usage of they/them is not simply being overly cautious or polite but because they don't want to acknowledge said identity.
This would also apply to people using neopronouns too - refusing to use them essentially implies that you don't believe in them and don't acknowledge that person's right to determine their own identity.
trogdor burninates the peasants; thus he is no comrade 
probably the best guest appearance in trek.
Oh, you stupid Bajoran girl. Don't you know who I am? I'm your nemesis. I'm your nightmare. I'm the Butcher of Gallitep!
No, you can't ask that - it's whataboutism
Which, coincidentally, was originally coined in Ireland in the 70s, referring to people who defended the IRA
In six days
Literally the most efficient form of land-based transport ever invented. Steel wheels on steel rails have very low rolling resistance.
NAH, it's bad because you can't clog up the lines with masses of inefficient, tiny, personal trains.
Also, you have to dig through hills and mountains to lay track - you definitely don't need to do that for highways (except for all the ones that you do)
got a labour flyer through the letterbox today, turns out that among their candidate's campaign promises are "stop the boats, end the hotel use for refugees and remove those with no legal right to be here", which kinda just shows what they're going for - daily mail readers
it's been a while since i've been canvassed, but i wonder if i could restrain myself from revealing that far from ever being willing to support and vote for right-wingers, I want only to literally pull their heads off as a service to mankind and the world in general