ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 6 days agoThe French railway network has shrunk over the yearsi.redd.itimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down14
arrow-up1320arrow-down1imageThe French railway network has shrunk over the yearsi.redd.itooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 6 days agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 days agoThe 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.
minus-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI 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
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.
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