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Jet fuel is tax free in the EU, a huge market-distorting subsidy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene_tax Howeve
by the_why_of_y 4y ago
Jet fuel is tax free in the EU, a huge market-distorting subsidy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene_tax
However, as of 2018, commercial kerosene consumption is currently tax exempt under the legislation of all member states of the European Union.
- Tpt 4y agoRail lines are massively subsidized and the French government is regularly bailing out SNCF (the national rail company). So imho it not clear that the global market distortion is in the favor of plane.
- doikor 4y agoMany airports are also subsidized. Basically every kind of transportation is subsidized to the point that figuring out the true cost is really hard.
- lores 4y agoJust like cars are heavily subsidised through motorway building. Every form of transport receives subsidies as a public good, even in countries where transport infrastructure is nominally privatised. This is one area where letting the free market decide invariably ends in disaster.
- throw0101c 4y ago> Jet fuel is tax free in the EU, a huge market-distorting subsidy: Also, are the externalities of jet exhaust taken into account? Is there any kind of carbon pricing in EU/France?