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Re:'No One Is Safe': How the Heatwave Has Battered the Wealt... by bluepanda928752 on Sunday July 18, 2021 @05:31AM (#27871698)
They'll decarbonize the poor
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Re:'No One Is Safe': How the Heatwave Has Battered the Wealt... by nivenkos on Sunday July 18, 2021 @05:38AM (#27871718)
Just like we saw with the lockdown policies.

Heavily tax mass transit but allow private jets, etc.

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Re:'No One Is Safe': How the Heatwave Has Battered the Wealt... by WalterBright on Sunday July 18, 2021 @05:41AM (#27871735)
Mass transit isn't taxed, it's heavily subsidized by taxes.
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Re:'No One Is Safe': How the Heatwave Has Battered the Wealt... by bluepanda928752 on Sunday July 18, 2021 @06:15AM (#27871857)
Also, the parent is probably talking about EU intent to apply carbon tax to mass market airlines but exempt the private jets
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Re:'No One Is Safe': How the Heatwave Has Battered the Wealt... by WalterBright on Sunday July 18, 2021 @03:31PM (#27875863)
The tax should be simply applied to the carbon content of the fuel.

Use the revenue to subsidize green projects.

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Re:'No One Is Safe': How the Heatwave Has Battered the Wealt... by bluepanda928752 on Sunday July 18, 2021 @06:06AM (#27871823)
Often but not always; Hong Kong is one of the exceptions I think (at least the MTR)
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