So the Tory party wants to increase the duty people pay for flying-even more than Labour have already done. With any luck, this will be the issue that makes the holidaying Brits withdraw their support in droves.
Last month 1.6 million people here, signed a petition to stop the government introducing road tolls(the govt didn't say they would listen), but this has obviously led David Cameron to keep cars on the road ,but punish air travellers.
Does 1 person's 'carbon footprint' flying once or twice a year equal someone's who uses their car everyday?
If I chose to drive to Hong Kong, would that reduce the emissions? Apparently going on a cruise creates more emissions than flying, as do cargo ships, and oil tankers.
As people don't have any choice, but to fly(long haul), the logical answer is to find other answers. Logically, this has to be cars, but that would lose votes. We have a problem, and the only way forward is for all political parties to announce that they will announce road pricing, and road tolls, and increase tax on cars and on fuel for private cars. At the same time as this they need to reveal plans to greatly increase public transport, and reduce the cost, by subsidising routes. The rail network needs to double in size, and every city should have an overground light rail/tram network(recently refused in Liverpool). Finally they need to visit Hong Kong to see how public transport can really work.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6439615.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6439051.stm
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