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If we don't tax international air travel to the extent it is an absolute luxury instead of a six monthly middle class entitlement - the planet is certainly going to fry. Just need to look at the ocean temp in North Atlantic & Mediterranean right now, the Antarctic sea ice, the heatwaves in Europe, the unprecedented fires. Tornados in Milan, Cyclonic winds in Switzerland. Next comes the world famines as grain crop production plummets.

Only after a billion people have starved will governments start doing what needs to be done re air travel though. Hopefully EV only car sales will come much sooner for RNU holders. There is nothing stopping govenments from mandating that by 2025, especially in Australia as we make no cars, so could absolutely do that at no cost to ourselves.

People want to live in the fantasy world where climate science doesn't matter though. It's currently just easier to live that lie. To pretend.
When record temps in the Northern hemisphere are being completely obliterated, by 3-7 degrees C the penny is starting to drop. Similar records here will be over 54 degrees in Sydney. If the el nina/el nino flips for the southern hemisphere as many predict - we'll be facing the music as early as this summer.

ITMT Labor are looking to subsidize a massive gas export precinct in Darwin. Madness.