• Claidheamh
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    8 months ago

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

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      8 months ago

      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.

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        8 months ago

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

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          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.

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