Don't-fly case 'idiotic'

[KeithMEL]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/nation...414549960.html

ARGUMENTS against travelling overseas or buying foreign food because of the carbon footprint are "idiotic" and not the way to tackle climate change, says New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark.

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Hear, hear.

[WSSS]

That's just illogical, imo. I don't get the message clearly somehow.

[msndelevium]

IMHO, I think it is abt gas emmision by the planes when u import overseas goods via air freight which is harming the environment.

[KeithMEL]

Carbon tax would kill aviation industry: Labor

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...-23349,00.html

Paul Maley
June 19, 2007

LABOR'S shadow transport spokesman has attacked a proposal for a carbon tax on Australia's domestic airlines, saying it fails the cost-benefit analysis.

Martin Ferguson told parliament that a call by think tank The Australia Institute for a $30 carbon tax on domestic flights and an end to the promotion of the aviation industry was "brazen in its simplicity".

Mr Ferguson said civil aviation accounted for 0.9 per cent of Australia's greenhouse emissions and was vital in a country as vast as Australia.

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