Re:Europe is investing heavily in trains
by verve_rat on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:53PM
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If they did do that then the EU could introduce a tariff on the fuel they import when they fly back in.
There would be rules around a fuel flight vs a legit passenger/cargo service, assuming they don't want to tax the extra fuel left in a plane at the end of a flight.
But that seem like a pretty straightforward problem to solve.
Re:Europe is investing heavily in trains
by hedora on Monday April 11, 2022 @10:34PM
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Making it even easier to implement: Commercial airline weights are carefully tracked for safety and efficiency purposes already, as are fuel levels. All the information needed to levy such a tax is already available.
There would be rules around a fuel flight vs a legit passenger/cargo service, assuming they don't want to tax the extra fuel left in a plane at the end of a flight.
But that seem like a pretty straightforward problem to solve.