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Train fares are up to 30 times more expensive than planes in Europe (edition.cnn.com)

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[–] ciferecaNinjo@fedia.io 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was certainly a click bait headline. But still a fair point that train fare averages are double airfare. Although we have to question, did Greenpeace throw out the outliers before compiling the stats?

[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

They definitely didn’t throw out the outliers for cheap airline flights.