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[โ€“] Bjornir 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Once again they are so close yet so far from a solution : Just reverse the taxation schemes on planes and trains.

In France at least, airplane fuel isn't taxed, electricity is. Train ticket have 20% sales tax, airplane tickets don't. Just reverse that and see how that changes things.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah, they are just trying to solve the symptoms instead of tackling the source.