Let's ban stuff instead of ensuring fair competition and better pricing of externalities..
Of interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene_tax#Criticism_of_the_...
Of interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene_tax#Criticism_of_the_...
- less competition for the affected routes
- harder transfers between modes of transportation (physically)
- harder bookings across modes of transportation
- disappearance of entire routes made possible by hubs from flight-only OTAs (the vast majority of them)
I agree with the sentiment, but I suppose they should just be taxed higher and somehow forced to include a note like:
“A train/bus transfer between CDG and XYZ is also available with <third party>. Wanna book just up to CDG?”
Are you saying you are on the side of banning stuff, or do you think it's a bad idea?
- short term costs are more noticeable than long term costs: saving money VS saving the planet
- tragedies of the common are hard to fix: we all need to save the planet, but others are not minding it, so I might as well ignore it and at least save some money too