Personal Emission Cards

Brits consider radical plan to measure personal emissions.

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August 11, 2005, 1:00 PM PDT

But would you hand over an ID card every time you filled up your gas tank? Would you let the government track each time you turned on your washing machine or computer? How about your nose-hair trimmer?

Residents of the U.K. might soon be compelled to take such measures. Although it hasn't received much publicity outside the climate-research community, the dry-sounding yet radical idea of "Domestic Tradable Quotas" -- basically, personal energy rationing -- already has some influential backers in Britain.

Thanks to Grist Magazine

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Tuesday, August 9, 2005 in Grist Magazine

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