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Old 6th Jul 2006, 14:07
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Joe le Taxi
 
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Presumably you also feel that those industries that currently have a tax advantage over aviation should be left alone to enjoy that advantage. Is that right?
What on earth gives you that idea? - I said completely the opposite - ie level the playing field; Stop picking on the EU airline industry and start taxing other major polluters which are virtually untaxed eg shipping, non-EU airlines (some chance), etc, etc. (My second paragraph refers to fuel taxation rates between countries, not between industries)

So on the second point; yes, I do think government action will have a very minimal effect on the amount of fossil fuels burnt worldwide in the next 100 years. Sad, but true.
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