Climate Wars: EU Threatens Rest Of The World With Flight Ban

[Chris_]

Foreign airlines are threatened with a flight and landing ban from 2012 in the European Union if they do not participate in emissions trading.

The ban is proposed in an internal document by the EU Commission seen by Handelsblatt. Summarised on nine pages, the guidelines describe how such a ban could be implement. The Commission considers a flight and landing ban as a last resort to make the airlines surrender over its Emissions Trading Scheme.

An EU Directive stipulates that airlines from Europe and third countries are mandated to be included in the trading of emissions rights. On their flights to and from Europe, they may then only emit as much CO2 as the CO2 certificates they hold. 85 percent of the certificates are free of charge while 15 percent of the allowances have to bought via auctions.

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[thundley4]

Great way to kill off the tourist industries in Europe.

[Chris_]

Doesn't sound like a very good idea, does it?  But nobody accused liberals and AGW proponents of being rational.

[true_blood]

Great way to kill off the tourist industries in Europe.

YUP, very much so.
That's using your brains, you stupid idiots! Kill your economies. F'en idiots, I tell ya.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Yes, please, send all that money to the US instead.

[JohnnyReb]

Boat, train, bus, car, bike, walk........ah hell, believe I'll just stay home.

[DumbAss Tanker]

This is the kind of thing that could produce some really amusing unintended consequences if they really are dumb enough to go through with it.