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What about the 10x worse carbon footprint per passenger mile? At 2 flights per month it's a drop in the bucket so who cares. But replacing the trains with flights would be extremely wasteful.



Ultimately, it seems like the price of carbon is not high enough to offset an entire cabin of business class seats of €1K+ each.

If you want the behavior to stop, increase the price of carbon. It’s all about the money in the end.


I’ve seen many references to “business class” here as if it were something special and thus worthy of additional scrutiny. On Lufthansa short haul flights, business is economy with the middle seats blocked.


I mean, what it is doesn’t really matter if people are willing to pay €1k each, however silly it may be.


The consumer in this case is the European Parliament. It's hard to think of anyone who would be less price-sensitive.




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