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TLDR: Fuel Efficiency.

If somebody actually develops supersonic private aircraft, we really need to start taxing aviation fuels. You could blow through your annual carbon budget in like an hour. Those costs need to be internalized.



We do. And I believe that private is taxed more than commercial. Most of the FAA's funding comes from this.




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