France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall

Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall by Bayart on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @11:46AM (#20392928)

Flying takes a pretty heavy toll on the environment, it should be discouraged as much as possible.

If people want to travel, the continent's already covered with roads and rail.

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Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall by tyingq on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @11:52AM (#20393026)

Is 3 euros, round trip, really going to incent different behavior?

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Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall by simias on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @12:09PM (#20393275)

The reactions in this thread really show why I'll never want to become a politicians. Half of the reactions here are "that's a regressive tax that'll kill our freedom", the other half being "that's not nearly expensive enough".

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Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall by crumpets on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @11:51AM (#20393010)

Which road do you take to Iceland or NYC from Paris?

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Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall by ceejayoz on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @12:36PM (#20393617)

Which definition of "discouraged as much as possible" means "prevented entirely"?

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