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The solution should include a carbon tax or fee to make such behavior uneconomical. Could Switzerland impose a carbon fee upon landing a private aircraft at a S
by makerofspoons 8y ago
The solution should include a carbon tax or fee to make such behavior uneconomical. Could Switzerland impose a carbon fee upon landing a private aircraft at a Swiss airport?
- dragonwriter 8y agoWell, since presumably the aircraft need to fly out, the simple thing would just be to tax fuel based on carbon emissions from burning it.
- _red 8y agoOnly the lower-class believe that "carbon taxes" are intended to stop global warming. Everyone above that, certainly in the Davos Private Equity set, understand its just a chance to create a supranational currency using something other than income taxes/bonds as its credit/debit method. Its silly to suggest Switzerland do something like that: Why make it more difficult for this to happen?
- lagadu 8y agoWhy would Switzerland effectively offer a negative incentive towards people holding conferences there? Are you advocating that they should make attending climate conferences become more expensive and harder to attend?
- makerofspoons 8y agoNo, I'm proposing that they encourage more eco-friendly alternatives that also make attending the conference cheaper such as telecommuting or using rail.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 8y agoAs if the cost of traveling to Davos was a problem for people who fly private jets... Edit: the idea isn't to tax air travel to death, but to have a sufficient level of tax so that ordinary citizens can accept the environmental taxes that they must pay on polluting activities (some of which they can't avoid -- e.g commuting to work which is a necessity, contrary to fly private jets).