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Agreed, even if you could reduce fuel consumption by that much, the result should be lower fares, inducing more people to travel by air.
by zymhan 7y ago
Agreed, even if you could reduce fuel consumption by that much, the result should be lower fares, inducing more people to travel by air.
- Nursie 7y agoSurely at some point demand is effectively satisfied?
- Tade0 7y agoI think the market for air-commuters is far from saturated. Then again there are only so many planes that can land on a given airport in the course of one day.
- mgbmtl 7y agoUnpopular opinion, but we could tax fuel at a higher rate than we do now (or stop subsidizing pollution, depending on how you view it).
- averros 7y agoWhy would anyone want to give more tax money to politicos? So that they could kill even more people in pointless wars?
- onychomys 7y agoIf we've learned anything from modern airline capitalism, it's that they'll charge the same price and just pocket the increased profits.
- sokoloff 7y agoWhy shouldn’t they? They’re providing a service that people pay for because they find more value in taking the flight than an alternative use for that money. Presumably, the value of that trip is largely uncorrelated with the type of aircraft, provided the inflight experience is bearable.