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Why There Will Soon Be No Such Thing As Cheap Flights
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Yes, you read it right. No more cheap flights. Why? Because of global warming.
Did those last two words have you thinking “Oh, well... I suppose that's okay then”? Be honest. If they did, that's a good thing. After all, which is more important, saving our planet, or cheap flights?
The question is, will it make a difference? Basically, the government is taxing the hell out of flights to persuade people to fly less, so that the ice caps and all that will last a little bit longer. The emissions from planes are particularly harmful because they're so close to the ozone layer, so it's a pretty important issue to focus on. But will taxing flights really make people fly less, or just make them pay more? Just because people can't find cheap flights doesn't mean they won't go on holiday, and more importantly, a large portion of the airlines' customers are business customers, who can afford to fly and will continue to do so as long as it's more convenient. If business does drop, the airlines can probably afford to lose some profit in offering cheap flights anyway.
<br />Still, it's a nice try, right? But what's the money getting spent on? I'm willing to bet it won't go towards helping the environment. The government would do better to put it into carbon offsetting schemes to repair the damage caused by aeroplanes, for instance.
It's a nice idea, but until the government come up with some more plans for the money, I don't think that increasing taxes on flying will help anything, and I think we can find more productive ways of saving the environment. How about you?
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Posted by:
OwenTuz
(male, 20-ish)
(Posted 11/22/07)
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Anonymous
(12/16):
Finally - the skys will belong to the Jetset, like it should be. If the little people can't aford the flight - F$&*em, I don't want them on my flight. Damnit, I am tired of waiting at the airport while the reproducing hored squeeze their kin through the securety gate to go see grandma. Fly cargo, and leave the rest of us alone. We can afford the seat, we deserve the jets, the big seats and the Champagne. Damn the ozone layer, full steam ahead. Just don't bother me with your trite global warming issues - Huckabee for PRESIDENT. F&^* the little people.
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