Comments on: Make it pay to go green http://davidjonesblog.com/2009/11/30/make-it-pay-to-go-green/ Conservative Member of Parliament for Clwyd West Mon, 07 May 2012 13:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Monty Slocombe http://davidjonesblog.com/2009/11/30/make-it-pay-to-go-green/#comment-2855 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:48:43 +0000 http://davidjonesblog.com/?p=4347#comment-2855 I’m a little sceptical that we are the cause of climate change. I do however firmly believe that we are polluting the planet in the cause of consumerism. I was amazed recently to learn that the government’s scheme of offering a £2,000 discount for a ten year old car traded against a new one resulted in the old car being recycled. We are told that the production of a car results in the release of more carbon dioxide than that car will ever produce in it’s lifetime. Then there is the energy used to recycle the old car. One has to question if we are really interested in reducing the carbon footprint, or isn’t the truth that we are too rich, and consume and waste far too much? Has anyone assessed the carbon footprint of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, waged in the interests mainly of……. consumerism?

Recycle, yes. But isn’t the real key to a clean planet (unacceptable to the “developed” world): produce less, consume less, pollute less and share resourses more. Do we really need a new car when there are millions without clean drinking water?

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