Re:Flight risk: can we take the carbon out of air travel?
by ghouse on Monday September 02, 2019 @07:15PM
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Not all planes have the same greenhouse gas emissions. Instead of a huge tax on flying, tax on greenhouse gas emissions and let the market optimize based on including these economic externalities.
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Re:Flight risk: can we take the carbon out of air travel?
by esotericn on Monday September 02, 2019 @07:23PM
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I agree, tax based on emissions.
I think it makes sense for that tax to be progressive, at least initially.
Heating a home for a year depending on climate may produce more emissions than taking a flight. But one is much harder to avoid (particularly if you are in a precarious economic situation).
Even from a purely utilitarian point of view, it would stave off political unrest.