France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall

Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall by smallbigfish on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @02:29PM (#20395094)

Not really in my experience. I live in a country that buys old cars from the rich. We have many "ohh, my lungs" cars here.

The same with appliances. People are too poor to buy A+++ electronics.

If you meant poor enough so I go hunting... then yes.

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Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall by davidw on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @02:31PM (#20395122)

Here's some data:

https://ourworldindata.org/co2-by-income-region

I'm sure there is some nuance there, but by and large, wealthier people produce more CO2.

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Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall by jfk13 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @03:34PM (#20395694)

Certainly. Wealthier people may be more likely than the poor to drive Teslas instead of smoke-belching old bangers, but they also tend to fly more, heat and air-condition their huge houses, use many more gadgets and appliances that generate CO2 during both manufacture and use, etc.

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