How many people watch "The great global warming swindle" on Ch4 a while ago? Opened my eyes to a big scam the government are on.
snip excellent post
Great summary Lee.
Hey, mods, make that post a sticky!
I suggest it isn't made a sticky as the program has been criticised heavily for being factually incorrect and quotes were taken out of context. The director, Martin Durkin is well known for creating controversial, not always factually based films -
http://tinyurl.com/2gsc2sEqually, there may be some people here who do believe the pretty much irrefutable evidence that global warming is at least contributed to by human created co2 emissions. That doesn't mean we have to stop driving cars but think of ways to offset our emissions. I agree with some of the principles of a sliding tax scale however do not think the government has done this in the right way. Any vehicle based tax should be based on the carbon impact of a vehicle over its predicted life, say 5-10 years. Using this scale a Prius actually is shown to pollute more than a Range Rover Sport (Doc must be an environmentalist!) due to the construction techniques and offsetting that Range Rover have implemented recently. Unfortunately, the only really fair way to tax carbon with regard to motoring is to have a sliding tax based on the total impact mentioned earlier and to tax fuel or road use so that those who drive more contribute more. None of this will work, or not be criticised unless the revenue generated is clearly shown to impact on environmental changes and / or education.
Anyhow, I have no desire to change this into a political or environmental debating forum so suggest we get back on to cars! Anyone for a biofuel conversion? Will take a standard GTI closer to the 230bhp of the ED30
only problem is you need to live in Somerset or Norfolk!
