EU climate hoax chief: In the same way that "no one grumbles" about paying extra luggage charges, no one should grumble about a multi-million dollar carbon dioxide hoax swindle

'Polluter pays' is the only principle that can limit aviation emissions | Connie Hedegaard | Environment | guardian.co.uk

And let's get the proportions right. In this debate the aviation industry at times seems to imply we are talking about enormous sums of money per ticket. Our calculations indicate that a flight from, say, New York to London would cost less than £2 per passenger. In other words, less than the cost of a cup of coffee at the airport.

Proportions are important, particularly when China is threatening to cancel orders with Europe if we do not suspend our law. We in Europe cannot, of course, give in to such threats; in addition, the cost for Chinese airlines is estimated at some €1.9m a year. It is a small sum to threaten with a trade war.

We cannot accept threats of all kinds of trouble just because a small price has to be paid for the pollution caused by travel while no one grumbles about paying for online tickets, extra luggage or seat reservations.