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Every hour European governments lose out on โ‚ฌ4 million in aviation taxes (www.transportenvironment.org)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

We really need to stop subsidizing climate change. Planes and animal farming are obvious ones.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And that's total BS. I enjoy cheap flights as much as anyone but this is partly the reason trains aren't competitive.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you don't fly?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

As little as possible, but as an international family, still too much for sure. I also don't really enjoy flying these days, makes me very anxious, so another reason to avoid it.

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

What reason is there for not taxing kerosene? Do we not tax gas or something? It's just so arbitrary.