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Personal carbon limits: plan to return England to the days of Alley Oop...

 
 
Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2009 12:27 am

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/carbon/6527970/Everyone-in-Britain-could-be-given-a-personal-carbon-allowance.html

Read it and weep...
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dadpad
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2009 12:49 am
and waht about major contributions such as food packaging and transport.

If i dont hand over my card will the retailer refuse me service.

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rosborne979
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2009 07:29 am
@gungasnake,

I find it difficult to believe that additional government bureaucracy will every succeed in reducing carbon emissions.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2009 07:34 am
@gungasnake,
gungasnake wrote:

Read it and weep...


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Lord Smith of Finsbury believes that implementing individual carbon allowances for every person will be the most effective way of meeting the targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
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Lord Smith will call for the scheme to be part of a "Green New Deal" to be introduced within 20 years when he addresses the agency's annual conference on Monday.
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Actually, Lord Finsbury does what he's paid for: "It's our job to look after your environment and make it a better place."Environment Agency
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2009 10:27 am
@Walter Hinteler,
The production of food has a carbon footprint. What are bigger people supposed to do?

Transportation has a carbon footprint. What are people who need to drive or fly to earn their livings supposed to do?
Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2009 10:55 am
@gungasnake,
You can ask the agency - there's a link for questions.
Do you live in the UK now, gunga?
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