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Global user pays IX

Following on from ideas posted previously that users of fossil fuels pay for the privilege of sinking humanity further into a hole from which it will never be able to dig itself out, what about this suggestion for 'user pays'?: 1. Air travel taxed a flat rate of 10% of ticket, with the tax going to a global climate fighting fund; and 2. Data centers not run on 90% min renewable energy to pay 10% of gross revenue to the fund 2. A surcharge on purchase of any items that are imported from another country, with a sliding scale: a higher tax for items purchased from further away (say, one tenth of a percent per kilogram for each 100 kilometres it needs to be transported - this can be done now with super computing). 3. A 10% global profit tax on companies that are not certified sustainable under the new ISSB rules. With all proceeds from these temporary 'global' taxes going to a global climate change kitty to cover the cost of replacing fossil fuel grids with renewable grids - but being directed to only countries that ratify the ISSB guidelines and rules (for certifying companies sustainable to give certainty to equity markets thereby encouraging private equity to ethical investments, as well as avoiding the global kitty profit tax.) can be eligible for financial support from the fund. When the goal of smashing fossil fuel power is achieved, the levies come off.
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