Exfarmer
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The hypocrisy never ends, two Olympic sailors are blockading the oil refinery in Southampton. Who is going to produce the jet fuel so they can fly off to their next contest? Who next Lewis Hamilton 
Hypocrisy in the climate change protestors
- Thread starter Exfarmer
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Ohh @Exfarmer, they are not flying, they are going to sail there!The hypocrisy never ends, two Olympic sailors are blockading the oil refinery in Southampton. Who is going to produce the jet fuel so they can fly off to their next contest? Who next Lewis Hamilton
Exfarmer
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Just realised Chancellor has cut air passenger duty, Had passed me by. I suppose to cut his cost flying home from the office. Oh no, of course the tax payer will pick that up
Swarfmonkey
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Cut APD on short haul, increased it on long haul.
The usual Treasury game of giving with one hand whilst taking with the other.
The usual Treasury game of giving with one hand whilst taking with the other.
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Bankers sipping champagne while they fly around was mentioned by the opposition.Just realised Chancellor has cut air passenger duty, Had passed me by. I suppose to cut his cost flying home from the office. Oh no, of course the tax payer will pick that up
My thoughts were with the Man Utd team who flew to play Leicester as the motorway was busy
oil barron
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Long haul was defined as 5000 miles so you can still fly London to New York “short haul”. He’s a cracker isn’t he.
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Risky put the APD rates up almost as much for people flying between 2000 and 5500 miles too:
"From April 2023, the international distance bands will be set at 0-2,000 miles, 2,000-5,500 miles and 5,500 miles-plus, and the applicable APD rates will be £13, £87 and £91 respectively for economy passengers."
oil barron
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Thanks, picked that up wrong.
I did like the opening labor response.
“So a banker with his wage rise from the tax rebate on his largest bonus ever can now fly tax free back from London to Edinburgh while sipping tax free champagne”
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- Limousin
Just the opposite is happening in France and some other EU countries, all domestic flights under 2.5 hours are banned if the equivalent train/TGV journey is available..The message is that taking domestic flights is to be encouraged.
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Good old global GB/UK/whatever.
Mixed messages as ever, carry on kicking that climate can down the road why don't we
Mixed messages as ever, carry on kicking that climate can down the road why don't we
When is this beginning ? Is it inter eu countries or just within each one ?
oil barron
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France moves to ban short-haul domestic flights
MPs vote to stop flights where the journey could be made by train in under 2.5 hours.
www.google.com
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- Limousin, France
That, train journeys here are generally on time, clean and a pleasant way to travel. 214 miles from 15 euros is pretty good value.. Limoges Benedictines to Paris Austerlitz.
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- Northumberland
Hypocrisy at the highest level. The President is thinking about his carbon footprint. His entourage for Rome then Glasgow has flown in 80 vehicles I doubt there will be a leccy car amongst them.
....................According to BBC.
....................According to BBC.
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You think Rishi's maybe dropped a bollock on this one?
You may be right.
You've got to applaud him for the comedy value though, perfect timing for COP26. It'll have them rolling in the aisles. "Oh Rishi, you crack us up, now tell all us delegates what you REALLY taxed in the budget"..........
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- Scottish Highlands
Do we have any domestic flights in the U.K. where the train would be viable and sensible as an alternative? I can’t think of any. Other than perhaps LHR-MAN.
I do see Air France flying Paris to Nice, Marseille, Toulouse, Lyon, Bordeau, Florence, Clement, and Brest though - all of whom I’m fairly sure have train stations.
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Listening to a climate scientist today saying that Co2 produced from flying isn't in fact the worst the worst part. Apparently, the high altitude dispersal of exhaust particles and con trails are a far bigger problem to the climate. Also as an aside, if the global cement industry was a country it would be the 3rd biggest emitter of Co2 in the world.
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Bankers sipping champagne while they fly around was mentioned by the opposition.
My thoughts were with the Man Utd team who flew to play Leicester as the motorway was busy
They lost anyway so didn’t need to bother