Re:Europe Makes Shipping Vessels Pay for Carbon Emissions
by bombcar on Friday December 02, 2022 @01:56PM
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It'll be interesting to see how it's gamed, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try - you will get things like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP1Oq3JLNbc but they can be corrected for later.
One solution would be to switch the tax to a tariff on goods that can be avoided if you prove reduced carbon travel. So if your goods are from China, you get the 100% whatever it is, but if you can show that they travelled from China on whatever is considered acceptable, it drops to 20% or 0% or similar.
If we (the US) do the same, presumably we'd need a scheme to split the obligations from the permits, otherwise shipping companies will be subject to double (or more) taxation.
Of course any system like this will be gamed - maybe the long-haul cargo ships from China will unload outside of the EU, but close to Europe (Turkey? UK?), re-load the cargo on another ship and pay for the much smaller amount of emissions on that final journey.