• whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    is there a map with the served stations because in some cases it looks like you still can go to the same place but you have connections instead of direct lines ? But still kind of sad, not getting better currently, mostly because of the costs, a plane can be way cheaper than train… I don’t understand why they don’t increase taxes of aeroplane transports

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      6 days ago

      The basic problem is that airplane fuel (kerosene) is untaxed due to an international treaty dating back decades. It’s very hard to change international treaties, especially when a politically powerful industry has a stake in them not changing.

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        5 days ago

        I knew it was untaxed, but didn’t know it was an international treaty…

        But what would be the consequences of not respecting that treaty, I guess there would be more than a little genocide of something