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June 24 (Reuters) - The manufacture of private jets cannot be excluded from a list of activities deemed to be environmentally sustainable, the European Union's second-highest court said on Wednesday, annulling a decision by the European Commission.
Maybe all you morons should read the article and then look at what the article from a stupid no name website is basing their clickbait on. Before you jerk yourself too hard.
you should read it, too:
- The Commission in 2023 excluded aircraft for private or commercial business aviation from the list, based on CO2 emissions per passenger kilometre compared with other modes of transport.
- That decision was contested by French planemaker Dassault Aviation AM.PA, which called it unlawful
and the court decided in favor of AM.PA, (hence “cannot be excluded” meaning they overturned the 2023 move) meaning business aviation goes back into the list if the Commission doesn’t appeal
It sounds like the EU courts are captured.
It turns out immense consolidated economic and political power are not just a US problem, but a whole world problem.
Wait until the EU learns one trillionaire has enough wealth to control all governments, and wreck not just the US.
Ha! Those stupid americans!
Wait... EU? But everyone from the EU says they're too smart for stuff like this to happen.
Even EU politicians like money, and can be persuaded to change their mind if presented with enough of it. And rich people like their planes.
Yeah, it's funny when they see that it can happen to them too. How is germany doing with that Afd, anyway?
I assume the Afd is just waiting for the Americans to come "liberate" them with an impressive UNO reverse of WWII.
"We're moving at a faster pace!"
Sing along every one! (Sounds of Mel Brooks dying)
I never use the word "green" so the joke's on them. Emissions amounts from fossil combustion is what matters, not PR labels. You want lots of words instead of short cuts? Deal with it. I'll "emissions amounts from fossil combustion" your sorry ears all day long with pleasure. And I'll have the raw data and graphs in my back pocket.
Children of Kali time. Let's build some drones .
As far as I can tell, this ruling is about the manufacturer of jets, not using them.
So, uhh, it's a green investment to buy one and let it sit unused. I guess I can't disagree with that.
Nowhere does this ruling say that flying is green.
So, uhh, it's a green investment to buy one and let it sit unused. I guess I can't disagree with that.
I can. Do you think building the planes doesn't affect the environment? And the companies wouldn't build them if the demand wasn't there.
So maybe it's not as bad as burning tons of jet fuel with them, but just being willing to buy one is enough to damage the environment.
Courts have a long, proud tradition of not seeing the forest through the trees.
Or the trees themselves, for that matter.
"what's a tree?" - kid born in 5 years
Producing a product that is never used is also a waste and bad for the environment though, no?
FDR begs to differ
Ya know, when I first subscribed to NotTheOnion I thought the title was a bit confusing. But over time I've realized the beauty of it. Looking at these headlines and thinking to myself, "man this has got to be a joke right?" then I look up and see this is NotTheOnion, and my heart sinks 😅 We're really in the worst timeline huh guys
Worst timeline... so far
And they want me to give up driving and my gas stove...
"Rules for thee, not for me"
Getting rid of the gas stove is for your own respiratory health.
Same for the combustion car. But, muh freedumbs...
Yes. We need to do those things as well, and this travesty doesn't remove the need for all of us to decarbonise
You’ve been driving your gas stove?
It's a natural evolution of the steam engine...
Range rover? Nah mate, I drive a range hood 😎
It gets them all hot & bothered.
transport couldn’t necessarily be seen as low-carbon alternatives as they “lack the flexibility and speed” of private jets.
Despite going through hundreds of litres of jet fuel an hour... All for one person in some cases.
Sorry trains, you aren't flexible enough... Whatever the fuck that means
The court clarified that the climate impact metric used by the Commission is about aircraft operation, while this taxonomy decision was about the manufacturing of the aircraft itself.
Oh so they agree that private jets are horrendously inefficient and ruin the environment, but they are "green" to build them so that is okay...
WTF
Didn't the EU also pass laws making green washing illegal?
« * The court noted that the Commission had failed to take into account that private jets could be flown on sustainable fuel.
Not all is lost… it’s a technicality especially if sustainable fuel has a stringent definition which is exactly what I would do if I was to address this decision.
could be
That "could be" is pulling a lot of weight...
* The court noted […] that private jets could be flown on sustainable fuel.
How does that even matter? They don't.
That’s what legislation is about; defining shit. If you don’t grasp the importance of clear, precise and fool proof regulatory frameworks which includes such a definition I don’t suppose you’re the public that should worry about technicalities. Just consider that this is generally part of the game and it will be patched.
If money is involved the owners of that money already thought of that. If it was blackmail, the individual(s) involved probably made a plan for that hurdle. But here's to hoping the Commission will do the right thing.
What in the fuck have these people been smoking...
I can't think of a less green form of transportation besides perhaps rockets.