EU proposes CO2 fine on carmakers.........about time

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:29:22 +0100, Martin wrote:

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:27:12 +0100, Tim C. wrote:

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:11:18 -0000, "John" wrote:

But I truly believe things are now
going to go backwards, perhaps for the first time in history.


I tend to agree with you. We've been living on borrowed energy. Now
the baby-eating bishop of Bath and Wells is knocking at the door.

How the fcuk did he find you? Did Magda tip him off?

He's Magda in disguise.

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:19:22 -0000, "John" wrote:

At the end of the Roman Empire things went backwards for centuries.

Romans drove better under the empire?

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

Jenny Talwart writes:

EU proposes CO2 fine on carmakers

Passenger cars account for more than 10% of EU CO2 emissions
Carmakers that fail to meet carbon dioxide (CO2) emission limits by
2012 will face fines, the European Commission has proposed.

Will similar fines apply to private jets?

Jenny Talwart writes:

.......otherwise known as consumerism.....

Otherwise known as a global improvement in the standard of living for all.

Martin writes:

At the end of the Roman Empire things went backwards for centuries.

If the Romans hadn't spent too much time and money on waging wars and hadn't
handed over the reins of a fairly representative government to a line of
dictators, things might not have gone backwards.

Jenny Talwart writes:

unless you manage your resources correctly, nature will put you back
in a cave ;-)

The only resource you really need to manage is population, and oddly enough
that's the one resource that nobody seems to be worrying about now. As a
result, bad things will happen as the population increases without limit.

On the particular moment of Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:38:31 +0100 in
relation to Mary's disappointingly immaculate rumpy pumpy, Mxsmanic
put forth:

Jenny Talwart writes:

unless you manage your resources correctly, nature will put you back
in a cave ;-)

The only resource you really need to manage is population, and oddly enough
that's the one resource that nobody seems to be worrying about now.

Nobody? Most of Asia has been worried about it for a while, as have
many parts of Europe and Africa.

You do say the oddest things.
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Doesn't Frequently Mop writes:

Nobody? Most of Asia has been worried about it for a while, as have
many parts of Europe and Africa.

China has worried about it a little bit, most other countries in Asia and
Africa have not. Many Third-World countries actually seem to think that
unchecked population growth is a good thing.

"Doesn't Frequently Mop" wrote in
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On the particular moment of Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:13:55 +0100 in
relation to Mary's disappointingly immaculate rumpy pumpy, Mxsmanic
put forth:

Doesn't Frequently Mop writes:

Nobody? Most of Asia has been worried about it for a while, as have
many parts of Europe and Africa.

China has worried about it a little bit,

A little bit? Heard of the one child policy? No exactly a token
policy!
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In some quarters, high population/growth is now being seen as a positive
rather than a negative factor.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

On the particular moment of Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:13:55 +0100 in
relation to Mary's disappointingly immaculate rumpy pumpy, Mxsmanic
put forth:

Doesn't Frequently Mop writes:

Nobody? Most of Asia has been worried about it for a while, as have
many parts of Europe and Africa.

China has worried about it a little bit,

A little bit? Heard of the one child policy? No exactly a token
policy!
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