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Re:China ‘Is the Only One in the Race’ to Make Electric Buse... by pjc50 on Monday December 03, 2018 @05:35AM (#18587744)
There's a problem in that it's effectively banned by international treaty as part of the ICAO. I believe people are working on changing this but it will be slow going.
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Re:China ‘Is the Only One in the Race’ to Make Electric Buse... by gonvaled on Monday December 03, 2018 @07:00AM (#18588091)
It requires full international cooperation, otherwise carries will tend to tank where taxes are lower. Not that that is always possible: if you land in Frankfurt and your deposit is empty, you will still need to tank in Frankfurt.

But, without international cooperation, fly routes could become distorted because of kerosine tax effects.

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Re:China ‘Is the Only One in the Race’ to Make Electric Buse... by mcv on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @06:25AM (#18598416)
Doing it just on internal EU flights would already make a big difference.
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Re:China ‘Is the Only One in the Race’ to Make Electric Buse... by benj111 on Monday December 03, 2018 @05:46AM (#18587792)
The UK has the Air Passenger Duty. Which is kind of similar (you are charged more for flying a farther distance). So there are ways of structuring it legally.
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Re:China ‘Is the Only One in the Race’ to Make Electric Buse... by isostatic on Monday December 03, 2018 @09:08AM (#18588796)
Not great, as it's passenger based there's no incentive to fly on a cleaner plane, or on a busier plane. A 747 that's only 25% full will cost the same as a 787 that's 99% full.
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