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yeahYeah · 05-28-2008, 03:13 PM

Every adult in Britain should be forced to carry 'carbon ration cards', say MPs | Mail Online

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Every adult should be forced to use a 'carbon ration card' when they pay for petrol, airline tickets or household energy, MPs say.
The influential Environmental Audit Committee says a personal carbon trading scheme is the best and fairest way of cutting Britain's CO2 emissions without penalising the poor.
Under the scheme, everyone would be given an annual carbon allowance to use when buying oil, gas, electricity and flights.

Anyone who exceeds their entitlement would have to buy top-up credits from individuals who haven't used up their allowance. The amount paid would be driven by market forces and the deal done through a specialist company.
MPs, led by Tory Tim Yeo, say the scheme could be more effective at cutting greenhouse gas emissions than green taxes.
But critics say the idea is costly, bureaucratic, intrusive and unworkable.
The Government says it supports the scheme in principle, but warns it is 'ahead of its time'.
The idea of personal carbon trading is increasingly being promoted by environmentalists. In theory it could be used to cover all purchases - from petrol to food.

after the libs take our guns, we'll get a carbon rationing card instead.

Joeywhat · 05-28-2008, 03:17 PM

So can someone please explain to me how that isn't communism, or at least pretty damn close?

yeahYeah · 05-28-2008, 03:19 PM

its lil by little. desensitize the populous and they will never know. the Brits have been brainwashed by this global warming crap much longer then 1/2 of America has. The brits gave up their guns on a lie and will accept this new control over their lives.

bigjimcalhoun · 05-28-2008, 09:00 PM

Up in Boulder, Colorado, if you single and dating and you do not know your carbon footprint, good luck getting a second date, or a date at all.

yeahYeah · 05-29-2008, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by bigjimcalhoun

Up in Boulder, Colorado, if you single and dating and you do not know your carbon footprint, good luck getting a second date, or a date at all.

oh that sucks... are you serious?

**Dave Starr** · 05-29-2008, 09:15 AM

11 E?

LUVMYSIGP225 · 05-29-2008, 09:17 AM

Germany really should have been allowed to take Britain. It would have "manned" them up a little.

Hindsight is always 20/20.

rpsmith · 05-29-2008, 09:25 AM

Don't leave home without it

**boardsurfer** · 05-29-2008, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by yeahYeah

oh that sucks... are you serious?

Pretty much. It is Boulder we're talking about here.

**DanTheEldest** · 05-29-2008, 12:13 PM

Every once in a while you run across an idea that's so bad on so many levels it just defies efforts to categorize and define why it's so bad. This is one of those ideas.

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LUVMYSIGP225 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Center of the Mind Posts: 6,184	Germany really should have been allowed to take Britain. It would have "manned" them up a little. Hindsight is always 20/20. __________________ Keep your friends close, and your enemies embalmed.

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DanTheEldest XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,528	Every once in a while you run across an idea that's so bad on so many levels it just defies efforts to categorize and define why it's so bad. This is one of those ideas. __________________ The only things more disturbing than the base ideologies of the new President are the lengths to which his supporters and apologists will go to try to convince themselves and the rest of us that he's not exactly who he says he is. Innocent life is cheap--a few hundred bucks for an abortion. Guilty life is expensive--a couple million for appeals, incarceration, and execution. How bass-ackwards is our society?

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bigjimcalhoun XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Castle Rock, Colorado Posts: 240	Up in Boulder, Colorado, if you single and dating and you do not know your carbon footprint, good luck getting a second date, or a date at all.

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Dave Starr XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Flint, Michigan Posts: 566	11 E?

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rpsmith XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 1,346	Don't leave home without it