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Denmark is proposing a ‘green tax’ on all flights | The effort is the latest by a European country to limit flying’s negative effects on the climate (wapo.st)
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[–] Claidheamh 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How does flying compare to driving in CO2e/passenger/km?

[–] silence7 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

That varies a lot. People will often choose a train, or EV, or to not travel at all when they can't fly.

In general, the impact of discouraging air travel is to lower emissions.

[–] Claidheamh 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What I'm trying to say is we should apply the same discouragements to driving.

[–] MrMakabar 3 points 1 year ago

Denmark has among the highest car registration taxes in the world and is generally doing fairly well in that. We also have with EVs a very good replacment for combustion engine cars with much lower emissions, but no comparable commercially somewhat viable alternative for flying.

[–] silence7 2 points 1 year ago

Paris has done an amazing job of getting people out of cars recently, and deserves emulation on that score