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Instead of banning them, tax airplane emissions enough to remove an equivalent amount of carbon from the air. At scale this is in the range of $150/T. For exa
by jefftk 4y ago
Instead of banning them, tax airplane emissions enough to remove an equivalent amount of carbon from the air. At scale this is in the range of $150/T.
For example, if you fly commercial BOS-LAX for $500 this means your flight costs something like $200 in carbon removal, while if you're in a large private jet emitting 150x you'd need to pay more like $30k.
- elil17 4y agoJust because the environmental offsets could be done, that doesn't mean it's a good way for society to spend our limited resources. You could just ban private jets, still tax the people who could afford to use them, and tax fuel for all modes of transit.