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If I ever ger a private jet they can track me as much as they want
Would you be ok with people tracking you in your car, or on public transport? At what level does that change for you? Is it just planes that should be publicly trackable, or boats too? What about limousines or jyst big cars?
Don't get me wrong, I think people using any of those methods should be held accountable for the harm they're causing, but that should apply all the way down too if that's what we're doing. Car drivers already pay tax on fuel and to register their vehicle so you could argue they're already accountable, but I'm not sure that's quite enough when you consider the harm tailpipe emissions do.
Private jets and boats and everything above sounds fine for me
Large cars too? We're starting to get into rather dystopian territory here. I don't drive a large car, but I know I wouldn't like to be tracked just because someone decided I was.
I'm not actually averse to saying the loss of anonymity is the penalty for using particularly polluting modes of transport, but we should frame the rules in those terms, rather than just making ownership records public.
If I meant cars too I would have mentioned cars, please don't start making up strawman arguments.
Sorry, when you said 'and everything above' I thought you were referring to the things I'd listed above.
Reading it the other way, fair enough, you're drawing the line for anonymous travel at private boats or planes. Personally I don't think that's helpful as they just end up chartering them from shell companies they own so their details aren't attached to the flight so they can dodge scrutiny that way. You can try to investigate the companies but they're anonymous that often all you can tell is they're a charter firm a particular person uses a lot. That might be enough, but personally I'd rather either have proper accountability, or accept this isn't the way to do it.
No problem, I could have been more precise.
If they'd start doing that people would find new ways to follow them. I believe that rich people must be named and shamed for their wealth and I don't really feel sorry when not everything goes their way. That topic would open a whole new can of worms though so let's leave it at that I'd say.
Yup, I think that particular can can stay on the shelf. I appreciate the conversation.