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This amounts to “only rich people should be able to travel”

• criddell 2y ago
  Probably only rich people can afford to travel in a sustainable way. I’m thinking specifically if the carbon costs are priced into airfare (for example), flying may be out of reach for many of us.
  • rangestransform 2y ago
    This is why there is a global pushback against “climate elitist” policies like carbon tax and congestion pricing I, for one, will never vote for making my flights more expensive
    • criddell 2y ago
      There are ways to do it where you can get broad buy-in. For example, say you added a $X / mile flight tax that collected $50 billion dollars in a year. You then take that money and divide it up evenly among all tax payers. Around 200 million people file taxes each year, so that would be a $250 refund to each filer. For people who never fly, that's free money. For people who fly infrequently, they probably break even. People who fly all the time pay a lot more. You reward non-flyers and penalize frequent flyers. But you're right. We're all selfish. I want you would stop flying because it's bad for the climate but I'm not going to stop because my personal utility from flying is very high.
      • rangestransform 2y ago
        Rationally yes, but it’s the same deal with the carbon tax where people smell elitism and start seeing red. At least the Canadian version paid out a dividend, and we all know what’s going to happen to that one come next election.