nicetriangle to [email protected] • 10 months agoFrance is raising taxes on flights to pay for trains: Should other European countries do the same?www.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkFrance is raising taxes on flights to pay for trains: Should other European countries do the same?www.euronews.comnicetriangle to [email protected] • 10 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
Train travel is often more expensive than flying. Could taxing aviation to invest in the rail industry help change that?
minus-square@ramble81linkEnglish4•10 months agoFrance bans domestic short-haul flights* except for private planes And just how are they doing this for the environment given private planes footprints? (I know, any step is better than none, it just feels like we’re going for the scraps and ignoring the big hitters)
minus-squaremishimaenjoyerlinkfedilink1•10 months agoit never was and will never be about the environment.
France bans domestic short-haul flights*
And just how are they doing this for the environment given private planes footprints? (I know, any step is better than none, it just feels like we’re going for the scraps and ignoring the big hitters)
it never was and will never be about the environment.