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That's... not really an argument? Electric aircraft are not economically viable until we account for externalities, so we're moving in the right direction.

Even after carbon tax, electric aircraft is still a technology in its infancy, compared to electric trains. Are you proposing that the government should spend billions of $$$ on an experimental technology when a proven alternative exists?




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