ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoThe French railway network has shrunk over the yearsi.redd.itimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1326arrow-down14
arrow-up1322arrow-down1imageThe French railway network has shrunk over the yearsi.redd.itooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months 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-up1·2 months 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