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Every hour European governments lose out on €4 million in aviation taxes (www.transportenvironment.org)

submitted 2 years ago by iraq_lobster@lemm.ee to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] pizzaiolo@slrpnk.net 17 points 2 years ago

We really need to stop subsidizing climate change. Planes and animal farming are obvious ones.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And that's total BS. I enjoy cheap flights as much as anyone but this is partly the reason trains aren't competitive.

[–] Nobsi@feddit.de -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So you don't fly?

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

As little as possible, but as an international family, still too much for sure. I also don't really enjoy flying these days, makes me very anxious, so another reason to avoid it.

[–] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

What reason is there for not taxing kerosene? Do we not tax gas or something? It's just so arbitrary.