[Qgis-psc] Traveling to the 's-Hertogenbosch

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi all,

I wanted to apologize my tone in my e-mail responses to Lene and Paolo. 
I should have reworded some things.

I also sometimes board a plane - I am no exception. But I am trying hard 
to decrease flights where possible.

BTW: did you know it is only 1-2 percent of the worldwide population 
that generates an awful lot of the majority of global flights. 
Academics, business wo/men, IT guys (so basically people like us) are 
frequently among these 1-2 percent who generate most flights.

I do hope that in 2-3 decades from now we have a more sustainable way of 
flying. It would be nice not having to give up on the mobility we have.

Andreas

Am 11.01.20 um 20:55 schrieb Lene Fischer:
> Hi Andreas,
> So nice to hear that you are back - get well soon!
>
> I have tried to see how I could travel to Hertogenbosch from Copenhagen. And so sorry to say. It´s a journey not by train...
>
> Train one way (fastest) will take almost 12 hours and only 5 different trains. So I would have to leave 1 day earlier and have an extra night by hotel. Trains in the late afternoon /evening will be 10 different trains. And the same back home.
> Not to talk about the price too. Not sure my boos would like extra expenses like that.
>
> We hope that our new government will implement night train again. Then it would be a way to travel.
>
> Kind regards
> Lene
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Qgis-psc <qgis-psc-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Andreas Neumann
> Sent: 11. januar 2020 11:17
> To: QGIS PSC List <qgis-psc at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: [Qgis-psc] Traveling to the 's-Hertogenbosch
>
> Hi PSC,
>
> I am back home and feeling better after my surgery. Trying to catch up with issues and starting to work on closing 2019 financial stuff.
>
> One thing that I would like to discuss is the travel support for the 's-Hertogenbosch meeting.
>
> Can we discuss and decide that we only support ecologically responsible traveling? I am thinking that contributors that live within the radius of 1'500km from 's-Hertogenbosch can easily travel by train or can organize car pools rather than traveling by plane. Even if it costs more, I think QGIS should rather reimburse a train ticket than an airfare.
>
> Luckily, a nr of european governments (e.g. Germany, Austria) are in the process of improving the train system and correct the unfair taxation system for train tickets (train tickets have VAT, air tickets not; train tickets have a CO2 surcharge on electricity production, air tickets only just recently but not high enough (which is outraging)), so one can expect that the train tickets will be slightly cheaper. E.g. Germany reduced VAT for train tickets starting from January 1 and Austria will introduce an additional CO2 taxation for plane tickets. These changes are not enough to change people's behavior, but they are a good start.
> Austria is also discussing a new integrated ticket for the whole public transportation system, similar to the Swiss GA travel card that works across trains, buses, boats, trams, etc.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Andreas
>
>
>
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