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Re:France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions by DirkH on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @07:09PM (#36051984)
Prohibition comes to mind. Not sure if the analogy works, but it does come to mind as something that I believe was a pretty inefficient ban where the impetus was likewise for the welfare of people.

Taxing liquor would have been a far better approach.

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Re:France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions by clnq on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @07:18PM (#36052054)
Flying an airplane in a prohibited way is usually very evident though. Not so much with consumer sales/trade.
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Re:France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions by Turskarama on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @09:11PM (#36052811)
Are you suggesting there could be a black market for... flying? Seems unlikely to me.
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Re:France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions by DirkH on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @12:39PM (#36127012)
No, just that it was inefficient relative to taxing. Though tbh, I wonder why people who think taxing would be more efficient believe that. It seems like it would come with more bureaucratic inefficiencies and regulations trying to figure out how much to tax.

A clear well defined ban seems more efficient and straightforward, as long as it can be enforced. In this case - unlike for prohibition - it can be enforced like you point out.

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