The UK’s Environment Secretary, David Miliband, is trying to persuade the EU to extend its emissions-trading scheme to the roads, the Epoch Times reports. If successful, car-owners could be given a carbon allowance which they could extend by buying surplus credits from other road-users whose own emissions fall below their allocated quota.
Miliband said that in order to deliver a low-carbon transport policy the EU must also extend the scheme to road-users.
“Britain only accounts for two per cent of global CO2 emissions and only a fifth of this comes from road transport,” said Paul Biggs, spokesman for the Association of British Drivers.
In January, officials in Richmond, a London suburb with few provate garages and driveways, started basing annual parking fees on how much carbon dioxide a car emits.
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Comments
Why are we building more runways and expanding airports on one hand yet penalising the motorist again (http://www.uk-airport-news.info/heathrow-airport-news-210907a.htm).
If, as stated by Mr Miliband, car owners can buy surplus credits, then it can only be seen as a tax and an inconvenience.
I’m all for environmental responsibility but this seems to be an economically convenient decision that pays lip service to real environmental concerns.
Don Gray November 14th, 2007