lumpenproletariat@quokk.au to Flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 days agohigh speed rail saves moneyquokk.auexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down10
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minus-squarefalcunculus@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoAirplane fuel is basically untaxed worldwide due to the Chicago convention. But also infrastructure costs for HSR are very high and scale with distance whereas the opposite is true for planes.
Airplane fuel is basically untaxed worldwide due to the Chicago convention. But also infrastructure costs for HSR are very high and scale with distance whereas the opposite is true for planes.