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Land transport yes, but the operational cost of long distance trains is quite a bit higher per passenger-mile than planes
by saddlerustle 5y ago
Land transport yes, but the operational cost of long distance trains is quite a bit higher per passenger-mile than planes
- arcticbull 5y agoIs it though? Or is it the fact that airlines are able to externalize their environmental costs, and are generally both under-taxed and subsidized. [edit] I'm not saying that rail isn't subsidized - it usually is, and often heavily, to be clear. It's the environmental impact that's the thrust of my claim.
- diordiderot 5y ago> externalize their environmental costs It's that + Every step of the aviation industry is subsidized by state actors. oil companies are also incentivised to support as airlines are a massive consumer of karosene that would otherwise be a cheap byproduct of oil refining