[jambutty]

The Lib Dem Council of Richmond, London has come up with a scheme to counter carbon emissions from vehicles that if implemented will, I have no doubt, be copied by local authorities nationwide.

The scheme? Increase the cost of parking permits three fold for “gas guzzling” vehicles down to no charge for electric cars.

I suppose that the irony of such a scheme has escaped the bright spark that thought it up but just how much carbon does a parked vehicle emit? Would “NIL” be a clue? I accept that in order to reach the parking place a vehicle would have to move and thus emit carbon emissions in doing so, but once it is parked and the engine is turned off there are no emissions.

It is bad enough having to pay for an on road parking permit to park in front of your own house but this hair brained scheme really is taking the Mickey out of motorists.