Extract from Committee stage (Lords) (day 2) of the Environment Bill - June 23
Thursday, 24 June 2021 08:04
Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-Afl):...If you say to the public, “You
should support this net-zero target because it’s necessary to save
the planet from climate catastrophe”, of course it is a no-brainer.
However, if you say, “Do you support the net-zero target with its
trade-offs, which could mean reducing living standards?”, or if you
say, “We’ll abolish every petrol or diesel car and discourage
driving in general, but if you insist on driving we’ll make it an
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(Non-Afl):...If you say to the public, “You should support
this net-zero target because it’s necessary to save the planet from
climate catastrophe”, of course it is a no-brainer. However, if you
say, “Do you support the net-zero target with its trade-offs, which
could mean reducing living standards?”, or if you say, “We’ll
abolish every petrol or diesel car and discourage driving in
general, but if you insist on driving we’ll make it an expensive
electric car”—and, by the way, yesterday I googled electric cars
and the cheapest I could find was £18,500, and the most popular UK
electric, Tesla is an eye-watering £42,000, which
for most people would be quite a challenge—or if you describe in
detail the impacts on individual lives of decarbonising the
economy, there may be less enthusiasm for the target once the
trade-offs are known. People have a right to know...
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