Talk:Environmental effects of transport

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The figures appearing in the header of the 'Sectors' section and in the beginning of the 'Aviation' subsection do not agree. I'm no expert but the first ones seem too high, and 88 passengers in average per flight too low. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.47.4.62 (talk) 09:38, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think the figures for rail travel are too high. I don't see them in the linked spreadsheet. In any case, this spreadsheet does not represent a global situation, in fact, it is not clear what it represents at all. It is highly variable per region, per train speed, it depends strongly on the source of the electricity used to run the train. As the figures are put in the article, I think they are misleading. --

The reference given does not make sense at all: it's not clear where it comes from and what it represents. I think we should just delete all the section, waiting for appropriate references. --Ita140188 (talk) 14:02, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am surprised to find "miles" here on Wikipedia. Shouldn't the international system with kilometres be used instead? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.64.134.245 (talk) 11:36, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As already noticed in the previous comment, the article is based on few and quite unclear references, with figures in mile, evidently describing the situation in the US. --Ita140188 (talk) 13:37, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm used to the SI system, and with all those miles and gallons and accompanying unexplained abbreviations (MPG=Miles Per Gallon), I find this article basically illegible below the fold. -- Daniel Mietchen (talk) 23:13, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am searching for the impact of transport on global/regional land use. This is not available yet and would be a welcome addition to this article. --Vigilius (talk) 08:10, 4 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The English and phrasing of the article has to be reviewed severely. In several instances the meaning is not even clear.

In my opinion this section has a clear bias for at least two reasons:

1. Phrases like "Trains contain many different parts that have the potential to be thundering." do not provide any encyclopedic information.
2. Most of this section contains assertions that are not exclusive of railroad. Compare "Visual Disruption of railroads is defined as a railway changing the way that a previously undisturbed, pristine sight of nature looks." to "Visual Disruption of highways is defined as a highway changing the way that a previously undisturbed, pristine sight of nature looks."

This section should be reformulated in a way that addresses all ground transportation. --RosasReynaldo (talk) 14:45, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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This section does a poor job answering the question of "is e-commerce better or worse than consumers driving to a central location to purchase goods" Separately, the pieces on how technology is changing this calculation can be reduced to a link to a article about this or if that doesn't exist then moved to a different section in this article — Preceding unsigned comment added by LbPirate (talk • contribs) 17:01, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I coundn't get what I thought the right information from citation [California, Andy Murdock, University of (2017-11-17). "The environmental cost of free 2-day shipping"] as relating to several statements in this article (Environmental effects of transport), can anybody help? Thanks. ThomasYehYeh (talk) 03:12, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]