the problem with comparing these things by their ticket prices is that markets don’t consider externalities. making and fueling a plane might allow me to sell tickets cheaper than a train, but only if we ignore the cost of the carbon output (since neither the flyer nor the airline pay for this, but society at large does)
i wonder how this comparison would shake out if you included a carbon tax that effectively measured the cost of these trips on the globe.
i wonder how this comparison would shake out if you included a carbon tax that effectively measured the cost of these trips on the globe.