Posted on 11/18/2013 12:16:43 AM PST by Olog-hai
An amended Commission proposal to force airlines to pay a carbon charge on flights within the European Economic Area was slammed by both left- and right-wing MEPs in the Parliament’s transport committee yesterday (15 November).
“We look ridiculous”, Conservative MEP Jacqueline Foster said of the new emission trading system (ETS) proposals, which are due to come into effect on 1 January.
“The scheme was never going to save CO2 [emissions],” she said. “The majority in ICAO voted against, and you didn’t like what the majority said. You don’t like mutual consent”. …
(Excerpt) Read more at euractiv.com ...
At this point, years into the advertised concept....no scientist has yet proven how a tax would change or improve the carbon usage on jet-travels.
It is one of the comical sides of this whole story. People want to travel....as long as you only toss a $10-to-$30 tax onto some $700 airfare bill...no one says a word. Make the tax $400 on a $700 bill, and watch how folks would get all upset, along with the industry. They know just how to tax and then no more than that.
Did they say Sovereignty of EU?
So it is not an agreement between states but a definite empire...
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