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Teens Who Sued Hawai‘i Say Climate Plan For Aviation Doesn’t Fly
(www.civilbeat.org)
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this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2025
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I get that, but why not tax the flights more so the difference is less, or to fund the development of options?
Sure, there’s a potential path forward there. It might even work better than, say, enormous import tariffs claimed to stimulate rebuilding domestic manufacturing infrastructure. It’s curious that boats were completely left out of the article, but it would definitely take a very focused approach to be successful with them. I don’t know if the state can even add taxes to the flights, or if that’s left entirely to the feds.
Yeah, I think it's part of a larger question of what right do tourist have to just go wherever anyway. Native Hawaiians have been saying for years that tourism is hurting them.