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Tax on Europe’s frequent flyers could raise €64bn a year – study (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not that solutions don't exist, it's that the ruling class make far too much money from the destruction of our planet. Until it stops being profitable they won't stop.

[–] remington@beehaw.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

They will watch the world burn for more money and power. They are diseased dragons laying on mountains of gold <- J.R. Tolkien reference.