This will affect us all, though.

...Yet another disturbing instance of this was the announcement tucked away in George Osborne’s Budget that he will impose a “£16 a ton floor price for carbon”, a measure seemingly so arcane that no one has really bothered to spell out its implications.
What it means is that for every ton of CO2 emitted by British industry, and by our electricity companies in particular, we shall all indirectly have to pay what is in effect a hidden tax of £16, rising over the next nine years to £30.

Last year, the coal-fired power stations which supply nearly a third of our electricity used 40 million tons of coal, each emitting up to 2.9 tons of CO2. For this 116 million tons, we shall see nearly £2 billion added to our electricity bills.

The same tax on gas will add a further £1 billion to our bills, thus increasing them by a total of £3 billion a year, rising to £5 billion by 2020. This will add more than 25 per cent to the price we presently pay for electricity, or £200 a year for every household.

...What has also shocked British industry is that we will be the only country in the world that has to pay this new tax, thus eroding our competitiveness still further.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/8423554/The-Budg...

Expensive and insufficient electricity. Just what we need for the future. This government is truly away with the fairies. 

much as i hate ever increasing fuel bills, we've shown little inclination to adjust our behaviour towards using up dwindling fossil fuel resources, don't expect fuel costs to go anywhere but up unless we drastically cut use - businesses too, have to find more efficient ways of working or die.

we cant go on with our heads in the sand much longer - with every increase and "carbon tax" the voices against grow less, eventually we'll accept it - 2 years ago while filling up at less than 90p a litre you'd have laughed at the idea of paying £1.40, now its the norm and we're heading to £2 in the next couple of years 

Nickbat wrote on 03. Apr 2011 at 11:32:


Still, we'll have plenty of windmills so at least we won't run out of flour.

Kevin

Kevin Wood wrote on 03. Apr 2011 at 11:48:


and dry washing..

tidla wrote on 03. Apr 2011 at 12:46:


and dead bats.

Kevin Wood wrote on 03. Apr 2011 at 13:32:


Indeed so, it's a small price to pay to hammer into people the need for environmental awareness.

I’m away to have the shite beaten out of myself now. (In the name of environmental awareness of course)

Nickbat wrote on 03. Apr 2011 at 12:54:



But Nick it is BJ's opinion!!!

For God's sake Nick stop your incessant posting on "Environmental" issues if you do not welcome people expressing THEIR opinion that happens to be against yours!!

You often have sound opinions, but you spoil it for having a go at others, especially against BJ, who should ignore these threads as I TRY to!

You never stop do you!   What happened to you leaving the Forum but "temporarily" (your word) returning???

Give it a rest!!

Banjax wrote on 03. Apr 2011 at 15:00:



They may have been interesting to start with BJ but they have now become very tedious and I just do not care what Nick's aims are!!  Let those aims go elswhere for all I care!!  I do not like anyone being insulted just because their views happen to not conform to someone else's views!

It is all no good for this CAR / TRANSPORT Forum!