Money saving climate poll

[watervole]

Some things in this world are reassuring. My favourite money-saving website - http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/ - recently ran a poll on taxation and the environment. Over 3000 people replied (polls of this nature are not going to be reliable, but at least everyone who replied is presumed to be someone with an interest in saving their own hard-earned cash)

This was the result:

What would you pay to turn the world green? It seems most of you are willing to pay up to save the planet, with 38% voting for an extra 4p on every pound of income tax to fight global warming.

Maybe there is hope for us all yet.

Comments

after yesterday, in the States I can only agree :)

[melodyclark.livejournal.com]

Places like moneysavingexpert.com are da bomb, as my niece says. lol I think an environmental tax would be an excellent thing. Here, a state by state concept could work well -- with the better a state is at cutting back emissions, et al, the lower the tax. I think this would have to be an income variable, though, since poorer people tend to be gentler on the environment, because they can't purchase the things that impact the environment, etc.

Also, I think if they had a voluntary system, where people contributed funds to a central "bank" toward aiding the environment, this could work -- if said people could be reasonably certain it would dole out the funds appropriately, I think this would work. It would then become a status thing -- how green are you, et al, with social ramifications for not being so. lol Of course, this would only work in areas where being "green" is a good thing, and not so well in Washington DC, W1, Wall Street, etc.

Good post, Judith.