Comments on: Gordon Brown’s Broken Wind Promise http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/business/gordon-brown-breaks-wind-promise/367 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:41:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Upaya http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/business/gordon-brown-breaks-wind-promise/367/comment-page-1#comment-2167 Upaya Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:36:11 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=367#comment-2167 would it really cost just £4bn to raise the level by 7%. does that include consultancy fees? considering the 54 richest people in britain earnt an estimated £126bn last financial year yet paid a staggering 0.14 per cent in tax. if for just one year we closed these 'loopholes' that only the fattest of cats fit through we would be a good deal closer to recovering the governments estimation of between £97bn and £150bn in lost tax revenue. At the estimated rate of £600million for every percentage increase in renewably sourced energy then it would cost just £60bn to achieve 100%. - clearly one should not assume that if a 7% rise costs £4bn that it would cost the same for every 7% increase i am just trying to put into perspective that not achieving ecological goals is not a question of inability but rather, lack of desire or economic interest or some other twisted motive. luckily in my democracy i can choose between two sides of the same coin or between positive images without too much substance. interestingly the independents main story today reads 'Over the past 20 years, almost every index of the planet's health has worsened. At the same time, personal wealth in the richest countries has grown by a third.' http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/mark_steel/article2439509.ece would it really cost just £4bn to raise the level by 7%. does that include consultancy fees? considering the 54 richest people in britain earnt an estimated £126bn last financial year yet paid a staggering 0.14 per cent in tax. if for just one year we closed these ‘loopholes’ that only the fattest of cats fit through we would be a good deal closer to recovering the governments estimation of between £97bn and £150bn in lost tax revenue. At the estimated rate of £600million for every percentage increase in renewably sourced energy then it would cost just £60bn to achieve 100%. – clearly one should not assume that if a 7% rise costs £4bn that it would cost the same for every 7% increase i am just trying to put into perspective that not achieving ecological goals is not a question of inability but rather, lack of desire or economic interest or some other twisted motive. luckily in my democracy i can choose between two sides of the same coin or between positive images without too much substance.
interestingly the independents main story today reads ‘Over the past 20 years, almost every index of the planet’s health has worsened. At the same time, personal wealth in the richest countries has grown by a third.’

http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/mark_steel/article2439509.ece

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