Europe is investing heavily in trains

Re:Europe is investing heavily in trains by DocTomoe on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @03:05AM (#30999548)

All that does is neuter domestic airline hubs and give more money to the Gulf (Emirates, Etihad, ...) or America-based airlines, which is neither good for the economy nor for the environment.

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Re:Europe is investing heavily in trains by Gravityloss on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @05:56AM (#31000563)

Yeah. A global tax would solve it.

What about a really complicated solution, since a global solution is not going to happen:

1. Tax local fuel in EU. Everyone who fuels in European airports, must pay more

2. Tax European airliners fueling abroad - in countries that are not in the EU airline fuel tax agreement.

3. Tax inbound airliners according to the amount of fuel onboard

This would probably violate all sorts of treaties, would be hard to enforce and would have lots of all kinds of leaks... but food for thought anyway.

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Re:Europe is investing heavily in trains by ant6n on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:22AM (#31000718)

How would that work? Would people fly from Paris to Berlin via Dubai rather than take the train?

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