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Because most normal people use a flight when they actually need to.

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In what scenario would a normal person need to fly within Europe?

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Unfortunately the train routes from the Netherlands to, say, Portugal, Spain, Italy, or eastern Europe are not well developed enough yet. The train is great in the directions of Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin, and London, but beyond that it often takes longer than flying and often requires multiple tickets

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You just describe when it’s convenient not when anyone needs to fly. With the same reasoning everyone needs to use a car for everything outside a 500m radius because it’s faster than going by bike.

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Screw that. I can’t even afford a flight.

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I regularly hear people say stuff like “I would like to take the train, but the flight was cheapest”. “You know, i’d take the train, but with switching twice and 8 hours… and the flight was only a bit more expensive”

There is still a lot of convenience over actual need.

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Then make the fucking trains work not other stuff more expensive…

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One way to make the money for making trains better is to end subsidizing and properly taxing planes.

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