Alexis von Hoensbroech says the global push to decarbonize the aviation sector by 2050 will lead to a major increase in ticket prices unless governments step in to offer support.

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      Quick rail transit to smaller towns outside the big cities would also help with the housing crisis by giving people more options.

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        We tried that a couple of centuries ago. It was okay, but eventually people grew tried of having to take transportation and moved into dense cities so they could walk everywhere.

        It is interesting that our high rate of obesity has us wanting to take transportation again just to avoid having to walk.

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          I mean, I want to be able to buy a house without having to quit my job or lose my doctors, and until the government does something about short term rentals, speculators, and zoning buying something in the city is impossible.

          But sure. Call me lazy.

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            Not unrelated. Cities have become tremendously less dense as people have moved away from walking. Crank up the density back to more normal levels and prices will come down.

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      should have been building our rail

      Harper was the last one to have that question posed, I think, but it’s not in his party’s mandate to provide things for the bottom 99%.