All this carbon footprint stuff is a load of nonsense.
Lets say for arguments sake that we are comparing buying two new cars with differing carbon emissions and paying the appropriate road tax on each one.
Now lets compare a new Zafira vs a 5 year old one. The guy that is buying the newer car has in theory a larger carbon footprint as the factory that made the car had a carbon footprint. The guy that is buying the older car only has to worry about the actual CO2 emissions that come from the car.
The point I'm trying to make (and doing a poor job) is that if you want to calculate people carbon footprints you need to consider a lot more than just the CO2 emissions from the car, yet we are taxed based on the CO2 emissions alone.
I bet witchy didn't expect all this lark LOL. It was just meant to be a little rant to blow some steam and not a 10 page Q&A (or 11 pages by the time I finish typing this)
Lets say for arguments sake that we are comparing buying two new cars with differing carbon emissions and paying the appropriate road tax on each one.
Now lets compare a new Zafira vs a 5 year old one. The guy that is buying the newer car has in theory a larger carbon footprint as the factory that made the car had a carbon footprint. The guy that is buying the older car only has to worry about the actual CO2 emissions that come from the car.
The point I'm trying to make (and doing a poor job) is that if you want to calculate people carbon footprints you need to consider a lot more than just the CO2 emissions from the car, yet we are taxed based on the CO2 emissions alone.
I bet witchy didn't expect all this lark LOL. It was just meant to be a little rant to blow some steam and not a 10 page Q&A (or 11 pages by the time I finish typing this)