Private jets are awful for the climate. It’s time to tax the rich who fly in them | Edward J Markey
www.theguardian.com
Private flights pollute up to 14 times more than commercial ones – yet are taxed less. Let’s change that
  • Eggyhead
    1•11 months ago

    Maybe a dumb question, but how does providing money actually offset emissions? Are there emission vacuums somewhere that require payment to operate?

    • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      5•11 months ago

      Well, trees are one of them. More money means more trees planted.

      Or that money could be invested in renewable energy, which will reduce emissions in other areas.

      And when you increase the cost of something, you get less of it, so taxing emissions should mean fewer emissions.

      And so on.

    • @threegnomes@beehaw.org
      1•11 months ago

      not real ones, most of them are scams where countries accept money in order to not deforest areas they werent going to anyway, double dip, or just deforest regardless