He said everyone should get a personal air-miles ration, linked to their PPS or passport number.
Mr Gibbons suggested a figure of 1500km per year, per person – enough to get you from Dublin to Paris and back. Passengers could then pay a €200 levy for their next 1,500km, which could be used to offset the carbon costs associated with the flight.Mr Gibbons admitted that the proposal would be highly unpopular – but warned that we have to remember we are in a climate emergency.“The North Atlantic is heating up at an insane rate – an absolutely insane rate. We don’t know what is in store for us even in 2023, never mind in 2024.
“If that knowledge disturbs you the best thing to do is to pretend we don’t understand the climate emergency. “I think a lot of us are doing a great job at pretending we don’t understand it because of course when we understand it then we have to act so it is much better to pretend we don’t get it.”