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Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 5 weeks agoWith 300mph trains instead is highways that’s 7 hours, k, let’s say 10 hours of leisure, dining, sightseeing.
The infrastructure seems expensive just bcs it is presented that way (and planes & roads arent).
huppakee@feddit.nl 5 weeks ago
presentedregulated that way: companies can buy kerosene for airplanes tax-free, but need to pay tax on electricity for trains. Funding for airports and trainstations differ greatly from high ways. Governments hand out money to make the best mode of transportation (from their pov) also the cheapest.Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Yes.
But else laws got passed bcs it was presented like how airplanes deserve being untaxed (to the cost of taxpayers) but railroad doesn’t.
You can try to change those laws & get the same lobby propaganda in return.
Like how is there always money for another lane but much cheaper infrastructure is crumbling.