According to a new report from Transport & Environment (T&E) titled “Climate Impacts of Exemptions to EU’s Shipping Proposals: Arbitrary exemptions undermine integrity of shipping laws”, more than half of Europe’s ships would be exempt from the European Commission’s carbon pricing plan for the sector. Among them: highly polluting if extremely desirable – for the Monte Carlo set yachts.
More from Terry Etam: Private jet/yacht emissions are totally fine, the rest of you can go cuddle your cats to stay warm
h/t Adrian
Let them eat bugs.
And these wealthy trust fund babies don’t see that they’re being set up? When the torches and pitchforks come out, it will be easy to go after them.
Giving the proles the same breaks as the elites won’t sew revolution. Making it look like the wealthy are trampling over the proles will. We all lose in the end.
The thing about citizens of the world is that they always expect to get ample notice to blow town before their own muscle turns on them or the barbarians arrive at the gates. They rarely do.
Radio Yerevan was asked: Joseph Stalin often spoke of “socialism in one country,” the USSR. Is it possible to build socialism in one country?
The answer was: In principle, yes. But first make sure you can still move to another country.
And no one sees all of this as the elite’s attempt to squeeze out the proles?