Monat: Dezember 2019

Sign now! Fuelling sustainability by taxing aviation fuel!

Fuelling sustainability by taxing aviation fuel

Kerosene-based aviation fuel has been exempt from taxes ever since the 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation entered into force in 1947. However, campaigners assert that the convention does not explicitly forbid the taxation of aviation fuel.

The petitioners propose that “kerosene tax should be regressive in order to incentivise even more consumers to use alternatives transport modes,” which, in practice, would mean that shorter flights would pay higher fuel tax, thereby making more sustainable modes of transport an attractive option.

The petitioners further stress that this fuel tax could reap additional benefits, such as helping accelerate the transition to cleaner modes of travel and fund research into alternative technologies.

“If the petition were to reach one million signatures, the European Commission will have to make a proposal, and this could be binding. It’s a great opportunity,” concludes Tassos Papachristou, who is also involved in the EFTI.

Flygskam: The „Flying Shame“ Movement That’s Taking Over Sweden

The Swedish concept of „flygskam“ embodies a truly 21st century phenomenon – that icky feeling that you get when you take a flight because you know how bad it is for the environment to fly.

https://en.reset.org/blog/flygskam-flying-shame-movement-thats-taking-over-sweden-12112018

We all know that flying emits huge amounts of CO2. And covering the same distance by bus or train is always far more expensive. In fact, sometimes even getting to the airport by train can cost you twice as much as the flight itself. So why is air travel really so cheap?

https://en.reset.org/blog/why-are-flights-really-so-cheap-08282017

  • Airlines still don’t pay any tax on kerosene.
  • Within the EU, plane tickets are free from VAT (unlike train tickets, where VAT is at a hefty 19%)
  • Airlines receive state support – Airbus and Boeing, for example, have been able to benefit from EU and US state aid for years, while many airlines are simply government owned.
  • Flight operators benefit from subsidies when building and operating airports – subsidies provided by local authorities‘ tax revenue.

Werbeverbot für Airlines? Wer fliegt, sollte sich schämen!

Danke, lieber Boulevard, jetzt ist es auch bei euch angekommen:

https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/werbeverbot-fuer-airlines–wer-fliegt–sollte-sich-schaemen–32439574

Es geht an’s Eingemachte. Der Klimawandel wirft nicht nur seine Schatten voraus, er verdunkelt bereits zunehmend unser Leben. Extremsommer 2018, Ernteeinbußen in Milliardenhöhe, leerlaufende Flüsse ohne Schifffahrt sind noch in „guter“ Erinnerung. Mit trauriger Regelmäßigkeit ist in den Nachrichten aus aller Welt nachzulesen, dass Gletscher schneller schmelzen, Wirbelstürme weiter zunehmen und die Meere stärker versauern.

Das Fliegen trägt von allen Verkehrsmitteln – gemessen an seiner Transportleistung – am stärksten zu genau diesem Klimawandel bei. Auf jedem Flug werden Unmengen von Kerosin verbrannt, auch weil es nicht besteuert wird und damit so schön billig ist. Verbrannt dort, wo das entstehende CO2 am schädlichsten ist und sich Stickoxide zu Ozon mit Treibhauswirkung umwandeln. Hoch oben in der Stratosphäre mit verheerender Wirkung. Aber was soll’s, für 19,90 Euro nach Lissabon – warum nicht.