 merrie says: The maximum that an employee can earn or be fined has been capped at 100, but is likely to rise once staff have grown accustomed to the idea. WSP, the global engineering consultancy, has been conducting the rationing scheme among 80 of its British employees for almost two years. In the first year the overall carbon footprint of participants fell by 10 per cent. The company is discussing its scheme with several FTSE 100 companies. Related Links Passengers face new tax to halt rise in air travel Storing CO2 could be Britain’s next boom industry The idea of personal quotas for carbon emissions is being advocated by the thinktank the Institute for Public Policy Research. Everyone would be given a number of free “credits”, to buy gas and electricity for their homes, fuel for cars and plane tickets for holidays. Those who did not use all their credits could sell the excess to people who used more fossil fuels.Those who exceed their ration pay a fine for every . . . . . . kilogram they emit over the limit. The money is deducted from their pay and the level of the fine is printed on payslips. Those who consume less than their ration are rewarded at the same rate per kilogram. WSP is planning to expand its rationing scheme next year to cover 3,000 employees in offices around the world. However, it will set different targets for each country to reflect national average emissions. In Britain the target this year is 5.5 tonnes, which is one tonne above the national average for home energy and personal transport. The US target is likely to be double the British target, to reflect much greater emissions per person. David Symons, co-ordinator of the s... I wonder if "stop breathing" is on the list of ways to reduce CO2 emissions. "Hey, chap, you've been working so hard. Why don't you take a breather?" "Sorry, I can't breathe any extra today, as I've almost hit my emissions limit." Also, what about business traveling? Do the people whose jobs require travel have to count that? and then freeze all winter at home and ride bikes to work to compensate? I like the idea of compensation for cutting down on one's emissions, but penalizing them for going over some arbitrary limit? That seems ludicrous. Oh, Britain. Wow, this is the world people want? Scary crap is happening and the sheeple keep begging for more. Good luck to all of us, I fear really dark days are upon us. You know, if everyone who is so worried about CO2 would just take their CO2 emissions to zero then there would be no more problem.  |
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