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> and no, a tax won't work because the rich will simply buy their "freedom If the tax is enough to cover CO2 sequestration, where is the problem? > entirely b
by balfirevic 4y ago
> and no, a tax won't work because the rich will simply buy their "freedom
If the tax is enough to cover CO2 sequestration, where is the problem?
> entirely ban naval cruise ships unless fueled by renewable fuel
Why not the same exemption for sub 2-hour flights?
- engineeringwoke 4y ago> If the tax is enough to cover CO2 sequestration, where is the problem? Because the technology doesn't yet exist. You are banking your children's future on a technology that may never come to pass.
- mschuster91 4y agoIt does exist, it's called trees. It just doesn't scale with the amount of flights that we are doing.
- mschuster91 4y ago> If the tax is enough to cover CO2 sequestration, where is the problem? Social unrest, plain and simple. When the rich can continue their lives as usual and only the poors have to rein in their life style, there will eventually be riots. We're already seeing social unrest with the election results for the 45th in the US and the very near election of le Pen in France that runs on precisely this ideological framework. Besides, we need to reduce the total CO2 emissions to keep the 2°C target, not just keeping the current emission amount. > Why not the same exemption for sub 2-hour flights? Same as above, plus the reduction in noise for the people living next to airports, and (more an issue in Europe) reduce the amount of space that is needed for airports. A high speed train is way more efficient in terms of energy, CO2 emissions and required staffing than an airplane is.