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Flying is disastrous for the climate, it should be much more expensive and regulated.
Getting rid of hidden bullshit fees is good but we really don't want more people flying, we want less.
before making flying expensive you need to provide actual alternatives first, or else you are risking of electing populists who will reverse it quite quickly. quite a few countries in the EU still don't have good train service.
We definitely need more high speed trains
While high speed trains reach speeds up to around 350kmh ordinary trains reach speeds up to around 250kmh.
So while high speed trains can go about 50% faster than ordinary trains the price tag for building and maintaining is many times more expensive compared to ordinary railway.
So let's start maintaining the railways we have and build more. Making sure that it's possible to go from point A to point B safely and in time
Then we start building high speed railways, connecting major cities.