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Danes support new or increased climate taxes: poll
TheLocal.dk ^ | 20 August 2018 17:03 CEST+02:00 | Ritzau/The Local

Posted on 08/22/2018 7:02:06 AM PDT by Olog-hai

A majority of Danes support placing extra fees on goods and services that damage the environment.

According to a survey carried out by Kantar Gallup on behalf of newspaper Berlingske, 57 percent of people support introducing charges for goods that damage the environment, or increasing existing ones.

That reflects a change in the public perception of the importance of tackling climate change, according to professor Sebastian Mernild, author of an upcoming UN climate report. […]

Environmentalist party Alternative has already proposed increased taxes on meat and air travel.

Only 39 percent of respondents to the Kantar Gallup poll said they supported increasing fees on air travel, however. …

(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.dk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Science; Society; Weather
KEYWORDS: climatechangehoax; denmark; eussr; globalwarminghoax; hoax

1 posted on 08/22/2018 7:02:06 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The Danegeld 2.0?


2 posted on 08/22/2018 7:04:32 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Olog-hai

What is Danish for “Sheep?”


3 posted on 08/22/2018 7:05:14 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: Olog-hai

As long as we don’t have to pay for it who cares? Are they up to date on their NATO fees?


4 posted on 08/22/2018 7:05:31 AM PDT by GOPJ (Trump's building an underground railroad... a path that leads to freedom, jobs, and dignity...)
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To: freedumb2003

Google Translate says “får” (sounds like English “for”).


5 posted on 08/22/2018 7:07:30 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

>>Google Translate says “får” (sounds like English “for”).<<

Oddly fitting.


6 posted on 08/22/2018 7:10:09 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: freedumb2003
What is Danish for “Sheep?”


7 posted on 08/22/2018 7:14:56 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: Olog-hai

Mission accomplished for crooked politicians.


8 posted on 08/22/2018 7:17:38 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Olog-hai

Morons.


9 posted on 08/22/2018 7:18:03 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai

"...global warming..."


More than 1,300,000 Earths can fit inside the Sun and these “global warming” nitwits feel that a couple of aerosol cans and car engines are *that* impactful. Sheesh.

10 posted on 08/22/2018 7:38:45 AM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Blue Jays

Just wait, US sent the rocket to Sun to find the dimmer and to control the Sun energy radiation.


11 posted on 08/22/2018 7:55:45 AM PDT by Leo Carpathian (FReeeeepeesssssed)
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To: Leo Carpathian

"...to find the dimmer [switch]..."


LOL! The treehuggers likely tremble when they contemplate the Sun is essentially endless millions of thermonuclear bombs detonating for eternity. :-)

12 posted on 08/22/2018 8:01:54 AM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Olog-hai

[[A majority of Danes support placing extra fees on goods and services]]

I bet the poor are just begging to pay more money for a non existent problem- Bet they can’t wait to have what little m oney they have taken from them for no good reason


13 posted on 08/22/2018 8:59:30 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Olog-hai

That’s like believing that couple of jabs and a single body slam by Thanos would KO the Hulk! The world has gone crazy.


14 posted on 08/22/2018 9:06:47 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (If your church believes in evolution it is not a Christian church.)
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To: freedumb2003

What’s Dane for “Masochist”?


15 posted on 08/22/2018 9:09:43 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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