Yes. People should never travel to see other places.

To be fair, this was not his idea. It was written by a PhD from University College London. Presumably that person is a qualified economist and thus carries authority.

lol folks who can’t afford flying vacations telling us to “drive to the grand canyon” 

No by his logic you tell your sister to F off and don’t even go to Australia

So now instead of 3 weeks for my sisters wedding in Australia I need.......3 months to do it by boat?  Aww man.  Boo.

AOC is building a bridge as we speak.

It's really too bed this self important, condescending douchebag didn't get caught up in the Splinter axing.  His takes are typically hot garbage that belonged on that extreme left hack blog anyways.

Actually, holiday travel is when planes are at their most efficient. During holiday travel, they beat half-full cars by almost 2:1 for greenhouse gasses.

Aaron rarely thinks outside his little NYC leftist bubble. It’s an ongoing problem for Jalopnik. His post history is basically just a giant public relations arm for anyone spouting union rhetoric or some kind of vendetta against a rich boogeyman. 

Business class != frequent flier.

Aaron isn’t exactly qualified to speak on much of anything and that’s he writes for a blog... 

Hope you never want to go to another continent or an island like Hawaii.  It’s gonna be a hell of a drive.

<It’s a total unnecessary thing for a holiday to take a plane>

Or the employer will only pay for cattle class and if the employee would like to upgrade, if it is possible, it is on their own dime. That pay for your own flight wouldn’t go in my office. Asking someone just out of college and you tell them they have to pay a $1000+ one way for a flight? Yeah right.

So, per my job function, when my employer requires to travel across the country to perform work at a remote site, you believe that I should be forced to pay out of pocket for the airfare? And if I refuse, I presumably get fired? Yeah, that’s not even close to legal, buddy. Further, no employers are paying for…

It is almost like Aaron doesn’t realize airfare is already taxed, and if you travel more you already pay more tax. He seems to be getting desperate in coming up with new ways to say vehicular travel is bad on a car blog. 

It’s gotta be nice being able to solve all the real world’s problems without ever getting up from your Brooklyn laptop.

As usual, the progressive answer to any challenge is class warfare. 

And the response to your idea is....

I disagree with this. Being a frequent-flyer absolutely sucks. Taxing it would make it even more unbearable than it already is. What should be taxed up the wazoo are private jets and private-jet rides.