without looking it up I guess there are more commercial flights than flights with private jets. would you also tax flights of private planes that are not jets?
Without looking it up, how many people does 1 commercial flight carry, and how many people does one private flight carry? How much fuel, therefore, is burned per person on each private flight? A private flight that could’ve been done on a commercial flight?
We’ll sit here until you work it out. Don’t worry, we have cheese and a flask of tea
You’re both right. The stuff that the rich do is a lot worse per person, but most emissions don’t come from people who are rich by first world standards.
E.g. in Germany poorest 99% of the country are still responsible for about 91% of the emissions, the poorest 90% for 71% and the the poorest 50% for 27% Link in German.
So yeah, the carbon emissions are a great argument to increase taxes on the rich, but that doesn’t change that everyone will have to make some changes with their way of life if we want to avoid a climate catastrophe.
without looking it up I guess there are more commercial flights than flights with private jets. would you also tax flights of private planes that are not jets?
Emissions per passenger per kilometre.
Without looking it up, how many people does 1 commercial flight carry, and how many people does one private flight carry? How much fuel, therefore, is burned per person on each private flight? A private flight that could’ve been done on a commercial flight?
We’ll sit here until you work it out. Don’t worry, we have cheese and a flask of tea
You’re both right. The stuff that the rich do is a lot worse per person, but most emissions don’t come from people who are rich by first world standards.
E.g. in Germany poorest 99% of the country are still responsible for about 91% of the emissions, the poorest 90% for 71% and the the poorest 50% for 27% Link in German.
So yeah, the carbon emissions are a great argument to increase taxes on the rich, but that doesn’t change that everyone will have to make some changes with their way of life if we want to avoid a climate catastrophe.