transporters are hard enough to build and run that most non-critical transport is still done with conventional shuttles to save resources
When was this mentioned? I basically figured that Trek’s post-scarcity civilization would make the energy expenditures trivial.
OTOH – Mars is at least a day’s travel from Earth at Warp 1. I’m not sure what a reasonable range for the transporter is, but “multiple light-days” does seem a bit much.
I seem to remember it being discussed in some book somewhere, so idk if its Canon. I think it had less to do with energy and more to do with the actual logistics of having sufficient transporter pads and network bandwidth for volume of people.
When was this mentioned? I basically figured that Trek’s post-scarcity civilization would make the energy expenditures trivial.
OTOH – Mars is at least a day’s travel from Earth at Warp 1. I’m not sure what a reasonable range for the transporter is, but “multiple light-days” does seem a bit much.
I seem to remember it being discussed in some book somewhere, so idk if its Canon. I think it had less to do with energy and more to do with the actual logistics of having sufficient transporter pads and network bandwidth for volume of people.