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Re:What if everyone had an air-mile allowance? by sukilot on Monday August 17, 2020 @09:33AM (#24187043)
This is carbon tax but with extra steps.
Re:What if everyone had an air-mile allowance? by ZeroGravitas on Monday August 17, 2020 @10:25AM (#24187541)
More precisely, its a carbon fee and dividend scheme with more steps.

As that also has the effect of rewarding those who choose not yo fly with money from those who do fly, but eothoit the middleman and with the benefit that it applies to everything.

Re:What if everyone had an air-mile allowance? by alpineidyll3 on Monday August 17, 2020 @09:45AM (#24187143)
I would support carbon taxes placed at the point of fossil fuel production, but not this. It's very likely the subsidy to non travelling countries would merely increase thier local Co2 emissions.
Re:What if everyone had an air-mile allowance? by angio on Monday August 17, 2020 @10:37AM (#24187684)
This is worse than a carbon tax: a carbon tax would incentivise airlines to be more carbon efficient, but this system of fixed air miles means there is no such incentive.