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This will increase carbon emissions. Shipping is the slowest, cheapest, least carbon intensive mode of transport per ton. Adding a tax to the greenest availab

This will increase carbon emissions. Shipping is the slowest, cheapest, least carbon intensive mode of transport per ton. Adding a tax to the greenest available option is as silly as tax on wind turbines.

owisd 4y ago
This is part of the EU-ETS which is being rolled out to all sectors so you can’t avoid it by switching to a different mode of transport.
- jandrese 4y ago
  Well you could dodge the tax by switching to sailing ships or the like, in fact I encourage companies to find ways to dodge those evil government tax men by switching to non-polluting forms of transportation. Stick it to big government!
  - dojomouse 4y ago
    Yup - or higher load factors, or electric drive, or higher efficiency engines, or some synthetic fuel produced in a low emission way… all of which the tax provides a nice incentive for :-) I like the framing ;-) Maybe it could work for climate change deniers: “Tired of THE MAN intruding on your personal freedom to pollute? Regain your independence with solar, electric transport, good insulation, and a low impact diet. Freedommmmm!”
dojomouse 4y ago
It’s adding a tax to the fuel type for the category, not the category as a whole. The tax will increase the commercial incentive for cleaner shipping which will reduce emissions. The tax isn’t remotely large enough to result in freight migrating to air. And trucking within the eu is already subject to a carbon tax.
- jcampbell1 4y ago
  Two effects here: First the substitution effect because the price gap narrows between other modes of transport which are less carbon efficient. Second, effect of switching to more efficient ocean cargo. The latter is quite small because fuel has been about 50% of the cost of ocean freight for a long time. The incentive for carbon efficiency has always existed for ocean freight.

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This will increase carbon emissions. Shipping is the slowest, cheapest, least carbon intensive mode of transport per ton. Adding a tax to the greenest availab

by jcampbell1 4y ago

owisd 4y ago
This is part of the EU-ETS which is being rolled out to all sectors so you can’t avoid it by switching to a different mode of transport.
- jandrese 4y ago
  Well you could dodge the tax by switching to sailing ships or the like, in fact I encourage companies to find ways to dodge those evil government tax men by switching to non-polluting forms of transportation. Stick it to big government!
  - dojomouse 4y ago
    Yup - or higher load factors, or electric drive, or higher efficiency engines, or some synthetic fuel produced in a low emission way… all of which the tax provides a nice incentive for :-) I like the framing ;-) Maybe it could work for climate change deniers: “Tired of THE MAN intruding on your personal freedom to pollute? Regain your independence with solar, electric transport, good insulation, and a low impact diet. Freedommmmm!”
dojomouse 4y ago
It’s adding a tax to the fuel type for the category, not the category as a whole. The tax will increase the commercial incentive for cleaner shipping which will reduce emissions. The tax isn’t remotely large enough to result in freight migrating to air. And trucking within the eu is already subject to a carbon tax.
- jcampbell1 4y ago
  Two effects here: First the substitution effect because the price gap narrows between other modes of transport which are less carbon efficient. Second, effect of switching to more efficient ocean cargo. The latter is quite small because fuel has been about 50% of the cost of ocean freight for a long time. The incentive for carbon efficiency has always existed for ocean freight.