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Thread #111515 Message #2349310
Posted By: John MacKenzie
26-May-08 - 09:06 AM
Thread Name: Personal Carbon Allowance
Subject: Personal Carbon Allowance
Article here Am I alone in thinking that if they can make this work, that this is the most positive green idea to have emerged in a long time. It would make it personal, and therefore something we would ALL have to think about, and do something positive about. Kids come out of school, brimming with good intentions and world saving ideals, but then they buy their first car, and drive it about willy nilly, over revving the engine, and generally polluting the atmosphere they were taught at school to care about. Then of course all these rules and regulations don't apply to them, only to other people. A bit like people in power and the laws they create for other people to obey, but ignore them themselves. I say make it a personal responsibility, otherwise it gets dismissed/ignored by the majority of people.