The Demise of Qantas

[motomaniac]

You didn't read my post properly did you? 

nice to know its not just my posts. LOL

[monte34]

Nathan, of course this is a non-issue to most of the so called top 500 polluters, they will simply pass on the cost to the next in the chain and ultimately you and I as the consumer. This is why Gillard, Wong and the other spineless puppets stated that a carbon tax was not the ideal way to make a difference. I am still to be educated on how the application of a tax that can be passed on to consumers will make the polluters change their ways.
As for Qantas, I have a feeling that most Australians looking for airfares to international destinations will look at the cost factor, and that won't be Qantas' trump card.

[Mike52]

Sorry about the thread hijack but

.I still havent seen any carbon yet.

I,ve got to rebuild a muffler soon.
I'll box some up and send it to you Davey

Now this has me thinking.
How many people can say that their chosen sport and their precious machines fix carbon in a form that can be stored?
Could it be that we , the ones the greens call enviromental vandals , are really the leaders in saving the free world? [ The russians/chinese really don't give a rats ]
Have I stumbled onto some thing that will be talked about in hushed tones for generations to come ?
Should we bring back  2 strokes in all facets of 2 wheel sport , 125 GP's especially.
Were those old diesels transporters really helping the enviroment.

 

Ps . Where can Davey sell my shoebox full of carbon ?

[Nathan S]

Nathan, of course this is a non-issue to most of the so called top 500 polluters, they will simply pass on the cost to the next in the chain and ultimately you and I as the consumer.
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Of course. But seeing as Qantas have been making so much fuss about needing to save money to increase profits, but the CO2 tax hasn't even rated a mention (that I've seen).
If the CO2 tax was an issue, I'm amazed that Joyce hasn't used it as a leverage point: "We can't be internationally competitive with a CO2 tax" - it would suit him on a number of levels - it would further undermine Gillard's already shakey position (an Abbott government would surely be more helpful when it came to union busting), as well as helping to justify the move overseas.