Carbon Credits
According to Ceefax on BBC TV:
“MP’s back personal carbon credits.
The government should go ahead with a system of personal ‘carbon credits’ to meet emissions targets.
The Environmental Audit Committee said the scheme would be more effective than taxes for cutting carbon emissions.
Under the scheme people would be given an annual carbon limit for fuel and energy use – which they could exceed by buying credits from those who use less.”
I think that the words “CRACKPOT IDEA” fit in neatly here.
Any such scheme would be expensive to implement (just like ID cards – which I understand the government is going ahead with) and probably unworkable. But it would create yet another Quango and another layer of bureaucracy between the government and the people.
If this scheme does get the nod, E-Bay’s going to be busy.
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