Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Britons fear the carbon cops are coming: survey

I don't know what to make of this. If the poll results are accurate it puts carbon politics in a whole 'nuther light. And I did check the sourcing. From Reuters:
First there were the thought police, then the surveillance society, now Britons fear the carbon cops are coming to ensure compliance with climate change legislation, a survey showed on Wednesday.

And with warnings of global catastrophe ringing in their ears some people fear that failure to cut personal carbon emissions will eventually result in enforced carbon behaviour re-education, the Energy Saving Trust said.

It said 41 percent of Britons think the country will need its own Carbon Police Force by mid-century and one quarter believe repeat offenders will have to go into carbon rehab and take carbon addiction classes....MORE