May 22, 2008

MEGAN MCARDLE: "We seem to have a grand national amnesia when it comes to carbon and flying. Cap and trade isn't going to do any good unless we do less of things like drive and fly--and most of the city loving coastal types I know want to do much, much more flying, because international travel is incredibly important to them. Yet a few long haul flights a year are the carbon equivalent of driving an SUV in an exurb." Yes, a ten-cent-per-mile carbon tax would do a lot to reduce emissions. And then there's a ban on private jets, and a requirement that members of Congress fly commercial, not military, transport except when visiting war zones and the like . . . .