Even if this chap is correct, which I very much doubt (from the comments above and my own knowledge on the subject) why shouldn't we as human beings try to make a difference?
The global warming issues aside, and taking just one element as an example, do we (that is everybody) enjoy living in an environment which is polluted by vehicles that use far more fuel than they need? I think the answer to that one is "No". Wouldn't it be a good idea, from a health perspective if nothing else, if we could reduce the number of those types of vehicles? I think that answer to that is "Yes". And an effective way of doing it is to put up the tax on those types of vehicles. An even better way is to outlaw then altogher, but I think you (and many other people) would like that even less than raised taxes on them.
Disclaimer: I haven't seen the programme, but I've met up with similar sorts of theories on the subject.
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Date: 2007-03-19 12:45 pm (UTC)The global warming issues aside, and taking just one element as an example, do we (that is everybody) enjoy living in an environment which is polluted by vehicles that use far more fuel than they need? I think the answer to that one is "No". Wouldn't it be a good idea, from a health perspective if nothing else, if we could reduce the number of those types of vehicles? I think that answer to that is "Yes". And an effective way of doing it is to put up the tax on those types of vehicles. An even better way is to outlaw then altogher, but I think you (and many other people) would like that even less than raised taxes on them.
Disclaimer: I haven't seen the programme, but I've met up with similar sorts of theories on the subject.