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Survey shows poor public support for ‘green’ tax on flights

Wednesday, 13 Mar, 2007 0

Less than half of Brits support the idea of a ‘green’ tax on air travel, according to a survey by London-based Continental Research & KNOTs Research.

Only 44% of the 250 people questioned in the poll said they supported a tax which would increase the cost of flights.

But 29% said they had cut back on air travel in light of environmental concerns.

When asked to identify the biggest contributor to global warming, only 6% said air travel.

A quarter of respondents blamed global warming on the destruction of the rain forests, 23% on poor energy conservation by industry, 15% blamed motor transport, 11% poor energy conservation by the public and 9% said it was down to too many coal and oil power stations.

The survey, which also questioned attitudes towards climate change in the US, Germany and Japan, found that the highest concern was expressed in the UK (89%), while in the US it was only 63%.

By Bev Fearis



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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.



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