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>This is not an ‘excess profits’ tax, it is just highway robbery by a Govt. that is completely out of touch with reality Flying, for almost _any_ reason is, in

>This is not an ‘excess profits’ tax, it is just highway robbery by a Govt. that is completely out of touch with reality Flying, for almost _any_ reason is, in this day and age, completely out of touch with reality.

danuker 4y ago
Dublin to London is 1h 15m by plane. Ryanair costs $24. A road trip including a ferry takes 8h 23m, and needs driving 600km * 4l/100km = 24l of diesel, which is about $56 just for the fuel. Then add the value of your free time, which is necessarily higher than your work time, because you have less time left in a week.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 4y ago
  What % of flights cross seas, though? I believe you missed the almost in the parent comment.
- ocfnash 4y ago
  I expect that the comment above was referring to the negative externalities, not captured by the financial side. For example, having more free time is probably not adequate compensation for the greenhouse gases emitted (at the societal level at least).
  - danuker 4y ago
    > not captured by the financial side. The EU has emissions caps. Each year fewer and fewer carbon emissions rights are auctioned out. https://ec.europa.eu/clima/eu-action/eu-emissions-trading-system-eu-ets/emissions-cap-and-allowances_en https://ec.europa.eu/clima/eu-action/eu-emissions-trading-sy... Maybe it doesn't yet reflect the externalities on the environment. But it eventually will. The 2030 target is set so that the EU becomes climate-neutral. https://ec.europa.eu/clima/eu-action/climate-strategies-targets/2030-climate-energy-framework_en https://ec.europa.eu/clima/eu-action/climate-strategies-targ... Until that time, I'll take the plane whenever I feel like it.
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0xLaMDA 4y ago