AS OF January 1st, American, Chinese and all the world’s airlines are being billed for the carbon emissions of their flights into and out of the European Union. About time, too: airlines contribute 2-3% of global emissions, yet they were hitherto free to pollute. The European initiative, which brings airlines into the EU’s existing cap-and-trade regime, the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), is a modest corrective. The hope is that it will speed the creation of a long-promised, more ambitious successor, governing all the world’s airspace.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
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So, how is this tax going to clean up the skies? It is merely a tax to support the socialist programs of the countries in the EU. It is the greed of the 99%
Arlen wrote: So, how is this tax going to clean up the skies? It is merely a tax to support the socialist programs of the countries in the EU. It is the greed of the 99%
The money will be used to help people in poorer countries start businesses so they can become self-sufficient, in turn building bigger businesses and industry and eventually polluting everything. It's a good plan.
Arlen wrote: So, how is this tax going to clean up the skies? It is merely a tax to support the socialist programs of the countries in the EU. It is the greed of the 99%
To discourage something... tax it.
"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln
I remember one day I was flying over Macon, Ga enroute to an airport in north Georgia. I had to use the restroom bad and did not want to have to land and climb out again to my flight level. Man, those folks could not understand why the sky was........
