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Comments: 0November 12th, 2009 by Admiral
Everyone should be given an annual carbon ration and face financial penalties if they exceed it, under a proposal by the Environment Agency.
Lord Smith of Finsbury, the agency’s chairman, will say today that rationing is the fairest and most effective way of meeting Britain’s legally binding targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
People would be given a “carbon account” and a unique number that they would have to submit when making purchases of carbon-intensive items such as petrol, electricity or airline tickets. As with a bank account, people would receive statements showing the carbon weight of each purchase and how much of their ration remained.
If they used up their ration within a year, they would have to buy extra credits from those who had not used their full allowance.
Lord Smith, who was Culture Secretary in Tony Blair’s Government, believes that the system would encourage people to think about the carbon cost of their purchases as well as reward those who lived frugally and did little travelling, who could make a significant profit from selling their unused credits.
I have no idea who Lord Smith is. I sincerely hope that it is not Chris Smith
Whoever it is he is an absolutely f****** idiot and should be tossed off a bridge somewhere
UPDATE
Yes, it’s him:((
I always thought he was an out and out pratt when he was in government but he’s just a sponger now.
Bugger off Chris Smith and stop trying to foist your ridiculous ideas on the rest of us.
