Altair
Active Member
- Joined
- Aug 22, 2006
- Posts
- 849
How is this to help?
I do not trust the government to collect "environmental taxes" and to spend it.
If one or two people per flight do not get on the plane because of the increased cost, does it reduce the CO2 emmissions? I think not beyond a miniscule amount, flights need to be cancelled or downgauged in order for significant savings.
Push to add $30 climate fee to domestic flights - Environment - smh.com.au
I do not trust the government to collect "environmental taxes" and to spend it.
If one or two people per flight do not get on the plane because of the increased cost, does it reduce the CO2 emmissions? I think not beyond a miniscule amount, flights need to be cancelled or downgauged in order for significant savings.
Push to add $30 climate fee to domestic flights - Environment - smh.com.au
A $30 GREENHOUSE gas fee should be added to all domestic flights, and aviation should be included in any emissions trading scheme if Australia is to curb its climate change pollution, a report says.
Airlines were a threat to the climate because of rising levels of greenhouse gas pollution generated by a growing travel market, said the report by the think tank the Australia Institute.
Aviation is growing so fast it could account for more than half of the country's total greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of this century, said the report, written by Andrew Macintosh and Christian Downie.
But because non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases and greenhouse gases generated by international travel are not included in the greenhouse gas inventory, aviation pollution could wipe out the effect of cuts in emissions in other sectors, they said.