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> flying more than they should How do you know how much they should fly? Our society uses the price system to allocate those transportation resources. The pri
by citizen_friend 4y ago
> flying more than they should
How do you know how much they should fly?
Our society uses the price system to allocate those transportation resources. The price already factors in alternatives and discourages the activity relative to its burden on society.
- mcv 4y ago> How do you know how much they should fly? When it doesn't hurt society through its externalities (noise, pollution). > The price already factors in alternatives and discourages the activity relative to its burden on society. Not really. It doesn't kerosene isn't taxed like other fuels in many places. The pollution isn't cleaned up. Ticket prices are ridiculously low and have been widely advertised to encourage people to fly more.
- citizen_friend 4y agoThere are already many taxes on all kinds of fuel for that reason. It sounds like your real complaint is that the ticket should be taxed more, but I'd guess that your opinion extends to other kinds of transportation as well.
- mcv 4y agoMy complaint consists of many parts. I want externalities like pollution to be accounted for, but I also don't the bait-and-switch business practice of loss leaders where you're drawn with with a low price for the thing you want, and then struck with lots of additional costs that are plainly unreasonable. I want them to charge a fair price for every individual part.