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About Contact Links Caveat The DR Manifesto...Manifesto I'm not standing for office. I'd be a shite politician, partly because I'm unpleasantly honest and partly because I hate wearing suits... If I wasn't, this is what I'd be campaigning on... (26 Feb 2007) 'Please let my Mother live!'...Environment There's only one way to ensure our survival as a species - live sustainably. It's easy! Nuclear Idiocy (15 January 2007) Sustainability (16 October 2006) Global Warming (15 October 2006) Housing Shortage (15 October 2006) Cycle Paths (11 October 2006) Tourism (10 October 2006) Main Topics...Make Drugs Legal Prohibition doesn't work, duh! It gives too much money to organised crime... Updated: Letter to the Telegraph 'Alcohol and Tobacco are the gateway drugs - if there is such a thing...' (Upd: 11 Mar 2006) Errant Fathers How can fathers be expected to 'take responsibility' for their kids when the law always presumes in favour of the mother? I got a reply - and here's my reply to that Welfare and Compensation Culture = No Legal Responsibility (Upd: 11 Mar 2007) A New Political System A solution for: Party Funding, Reform of The House Of Lords, and it incidentally makes the whole voting process far more democratic... (Upd: 25 Feb 2007) Principles My principles of government. (Upd: 25 Feb 2007) Road Pricing Tony Blair and the entire Labour Government are cretins... Road pricing has to be the most hare-brained scheme ever - devised by the evil cretinous muppets from hell - the Politicians... (19 Feb 2007) Old People Old folks have no respect in our culture. That is so wrong!... (18 Feb 2007) Poverty How do we define poverty? How do we reduce it? Well, not taxing the poor would help... (18 Feb 2007) Europe The EU is a criminal organisation intent on conquest... (Upd: 30 January 2007) Cash for Honours Why would anyone give money to a political party?.. (16 January 2006) Social Security A fresh approach to the problem of how to provide social security... (15 January 2006) David Cameron David Cameron and the Conservative Party... (12 December 2006) Random Rants Some random musings... (12 November 2006) Prisons If prisoners are 'paying their debt to society' - why is is so damn expensive to keep them? (21 October 2006) Tax Taxes kill businesses and people. (16 October 2006) Free Speech Some peoples brains work overtime trying to figure out how to turn opinions into insults... (14 October 2006) Health Why are tax-payers footing the bill for sex-change operations and IVF? (13 October 2006) Law British law is stupidly complex and inefficient. You'd never design a system like that... (13 October 2006) Education Educators need to aim higher, and politicians need to butt-out. (12 October 2006) Security It was a no-brainer that invading Iraq with Bush would cause more grievances than it solved. When has starting a war ever brought peace? (8 October 2006) |
Letter to Tony Blair on Global Warming18th November 2005 Global Warming Is The Responsibility Of Government, Not Consumers.Dear Sir, Government alone has the power to stop global warming. Removing taxes from renewable energy businesses is the single most effective way to combat global warming... It may, in fact, be the only way. A great deal of the responsibility for environmental issues has been put on the consumer. A large proportion of environmental pressure goes on attempting to convince the consumer to be more efficient in their energy use, to recycle, etc. This emphasis is fundamentally wrong. While it is true that the different lifestyles damage the environment different amounts, it is a dangerous fallacy to say that normal working people are responsible for the state of the environment. Responsibility implies choice and it is not physically possible for consumers to buy zero-pollution products. The much overlooked truth is that it can only be government's responsibility to stop global warming. The consumer is unable to enact legislation themselves. Only government can enact the laws which determine what is or isn't allowed - or even what is profitable and what is not. Given a choice, the majority of the population would not hesitate to vote for sensible, effective, green legislation. Despite your assertion that global warming is 'the biggest single threat we face today', recently (Nov 2005) the treasury has decided that recycled vegetable oil as a fuel should attract the highest level of duty - 47.1p/litre. In one statement, your government has killed a new green industry that would have hugely benefited the country's economy and ecology. You have the power to make or break industries with a few words. This is the ability which sets government apart from the consumer and it's time they put that ability to better use. There is only one way to stop global warming. That is to stop burning fossil fuels. They are the sole source of the extra CO2 that causes it. Prohibition is not the answer, not even subsidies are necessary - all the treasury has to do is enable the green energy industry to take off by making it profitable: Remove all taxes and duties on renewable fuels & renewable energy machines.These activities could be taken right out of the tax system cutting administration costs hugely for both parties. This would include:
If this was done, it's easy to image that 80-90% of the UK's energy could be coming from renewable sources within a mere ten years. Global warming is easy to stop. The government just has to stop taxing this business out of the market! If you were to make this happen (I realise it may not be entirely straightforward in political terms) then you would be a true modern-day hero Mr Blair. CommentsThis is a sporadically moderated blog. I am not responsible for anything below! There are no comments for this page. To add your own comments, click here to login or register |
