The International Council on Clean Transportation proposes your second flight in a year should have a $9 per person tax, and the per flight tax should rise to $177 for…
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Eco: Will the U.S. ban short haul flights?
Some want the U.S. to ban short haul flights of less than 500 miles, as has been done in France. There you are supposed to take a train: Could France’s…
Continue readingEco: Professor says we need to consider banning travel
Says Professor Emeritus of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at the University College London. He says we need to re-think the “summer vacation” and stay local. Opinion: Vacations as we know…
Continue readingEco, Taxes: Greenpeace says air travel should cost a lot more
Greenpeace did a study claiming trains costs up to 30x more than airline flights – and on average, are typically 2x more expensive than airline flights. (They get those ratios,…
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