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EU could earn €1T by taxing aviation, private jets included (euractiv.com)
6 points by doener 4 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


> The green watchdog says the planned 2026 revision of the EU's CO₂ pricing system is an “excellent opportunity” to both cut aviation emissions and generate significant funding for climate policies.

EU: Let's steal more money from people to support agendas which are destroying our competitiveness. Win Win.


> steal more money from people

Accounting for actual externalities is not stealing.


Indeed. Accounting for externalities will be especially relevant when companies like Microsoft try to justify regular customers paying more for power due to increased power use by data centers. THAT would be stealing.




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