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Don't ban. Tax it and make the money go into carbon capture and green energy. Each time they flight, make them remove in Co2 the equivalent of a 100 times their

Don't ban. Tax it and make the money go into carbon capture and green energy. Each time they flight, make them remove in Co2 the equivalent of a 100 times their consumption and produce a 100 time the energy consumed. Then make it very trendy to have your own jet, like the highest level of social status.

kennend3 4y ago
"Taxing" for change rarely works. what happens is the "jet fuel tax" goes into general government revenue. Politicians seeking re-election use said money to create new programs instead and effectively "buy votes" with your own money. Can you provide an example of this ever working? I can give you several of it being an absolute failure and having no impact. In Canada we have "sin" taxes (Alcohol, cigarettes, gasoline). - Smoking has declined, but more because of the negative marketing (ugly pictures on a pack of smokes). It is also less "socially acceptable" and so young people dont pick up the habit. - Alcohol - Slight downtrend, but sales are still very strong https://www.statista.com/topics/2998/alcohol-consumption-in-canada/#dossierKeyfigures https://www.statista.com/topics/2998/alcohol-consumption-in-... - Gas https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=2310006601 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=231000.... Covid caused a decline, but it will trend back up.
- andsoitis 4y ago
  > - Smoking has declined, but more because of the negative marketing (ugly pictures on a pack of smokes). It is also less "socially acceptable" and so young people dont pick up the habit. These things don't happen on their own. Canaday's Tobacco Strategy, presumably funded with money that has to come from somewhere (e.g. sin taxes): https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/healthy-living/canada-tobacco-strategy.html https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications...
- ahtihn 4y ago
  Are you saying that price has no effect on demand?
impossiblefork 4y ago
There's been talk about taxes on aircraft fuel, but here in the EU the proposals have involved an exception for private jets. I think this is quite unreasonable, because ordinary jets are like carpooling. If anything, it's they who should have the exception.

kennend3 4y ago

"Taxing" for change rarely works. what happens is the "jet fuel tax" goes into general government revenue. Politicians seeking re-election use said money to create new programs instead and effectively "buy votes" with your own money. Can you provide an example of this ever working? I can give you several of it being an absolute failure and having no impact. In Canada we have "sin" taxes (Alcohol, cigarettes, gasoline). - Smoking has declined, but more because of the negative marketing (ugly pictures on a pack of smokes). It is also less "socially acceptable" and so young people dont pick up the habit. - Alcohol - Slight downtrend, but sales are still very strong https://www.statista.com/topics/2998/alcohol-consumption-in-canada/#dossierKeyfigures https://www.statista.com/topics/2998/alcohol-consumption-in-... - Gas https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=2310006601 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=231000.... Covid caused a decline, but it will trend back up.

andsoitis 4y ago
> - Smoking has declined, but more because of the negative marketing (ugly pictures on a pack of smokes). It is also less "socially acceptable" and so young people dont pick up the habit. These things don't happen on their own. Canaday's Tobacco Strategy, presumably funded with money that has to come from somewhere (e.g. sin taxes): https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/healthy-living/canada-tobacco-strategy.html https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications...
ahtihn 4y ago
Are you saying that price has no effect on demand?

impossiblefork 4y ago

There's been talk about taxes on aircraft fuel, but here in the EU the proposals have involved an exception for private jets. I think this is quite unreasonable, because ordinary jets are like carpooling. If anything, it's they who should have the exception.