10 Ways to begin to
Save the World!!
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Gordon Brown please:-

1  SET LEGALLY BINDING ANNUAL C0₂ REDUCTION TARGETS

New law to commit the Government to reducing CO₂ every year by a fixed amount - say, 3 per cent - audited by an independent body. A radical programme would then have to be implemented to meet the target.

2 DECENTRALISE THE ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM

Do away with the vast power stations serving the national grid think micro-generation. Give every city, every town, every village, its own power station, fitted with a combined heat and power (CHP) system, which cuts CO₂.

3 ALL NEW BUILDINGS TO BE C0₂ -FREE

Put a power station in every basement: change building regulations to make all new buildings provide their own power, with solar panels, mini-wind turbines and Combined Heat & Power (CHP) systems to soak up wasted heat.

4 INSIST ON USE. OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT LIGHT BULBS

Ban standard light bulbs all over Britain and force us to use energy-saving bulbs instead, which soak up less than a quarter of the electricity. A hugely symbolic gesture which would save enormous quantities of CO_2.

5  BOOST NEGLECTED  RENEWABLES; SOLAR,  WAVE AND TIDE POWER

Start giving proper funding and backing to renewable energy other than wind: encourage solar power, and power from the waves and tides. These have vast potential to supply C0₂-free electricity, yet are underdeveloped.

6 FOCUS AGAIN ON OFFSHORE WIND POWER

Renew the impetus behind wind farms based in the sea with £lbn of subsidy: after a good start, development is slowing because of technical and financial difficulties, yet we have unparalleled offshore wind resources.

7 GET RADICAL WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Make sure every house in Britain that can be properly insulated is insulated; bring in much more rigorous labelling that can enable any consumer to see how much energy is used by a product.

8 TACKLE THE GAS GUZZLERS

Raise vehicle excise duty (VED) on cars such as 4x4s; make it more than £1,000 per vehicle and set it to rise further. If you want to be radical, insist on a health warning on the side: This Vehicle Damages The Environment.

9 CURB THE GROWTH IN CHEAP FLIGHTS

Raise air passenger duty to end the cheap flight bonanza, as CO₂ emissions from aircraft are the most rapidly rising in Britain and also the most damaging: they go straight into the stratosphere. A vote loser and a tough choice.

10  HAVE A LATE-NIGHT TALK WITH GEORGE BUSH

Do anything you can to get George Bush to change his mind about climate change. The world needs America, the biggest CO₂ emitter to lead the fight against global warming.

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More than 10 ways to save the world?

Simon Mitchell has suggested 30 positive actions for a sustainable Earth. His article seemed rather long for a web page so we converted it into an Acrobate file.

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