Why are british drivers persecuted so much when their carbon footprint is only a tiny fraction of China's?

The way British drivers are taxed (new car prices, engine size tax ,more road tax for bigger engines higher fuel taxes) you would think that they caused 90% of the world's pollution, when in fact it is an insignificant amount. If ALL the cars in Britain were destroyed in one fell swoop, China's power stations alone would have made up their pollution in a week. There are more cars in one state in the US than in the whole of Britain but it's Britain's drivers that get hit hardest...compare petrol prices in the US and the UK...it's the extra tax put on by the British government that makes British petrol prices around 3x greater than in the US.


Isn't it about time these 'green freaks' got things into perspective?

Why are british drivers persecuted so much when their carbon footprint is only a tiny fraction of China's?
i agree that's over the top, I'm in the states and your right there are more cars in most states then there are in the whole of Britain, i live in Arizona and i would say that just the older cars that are emissions exempt probably make up more pollution then your whole country, it doesn't seem fair at all but i guess if you think about it we are the ones, along with china and most other countries that are in the wrong not your government who is doing all it can to reduce emissions. one thing that i think the "green folks" are overlooking though is the fact that in past times when we used wood and coal fires to keep warm and cook with, even with many fewer people in the world we were polluting the air far more then we are now, technically (not taking into consideration pollution from the past) we are cleaner now then we ever have been, if the world were to just even have the emissions standards of the US which isn't so great at all we would still be slowly improving our air quality in comparison to the past. there being way over the top about it over there.
Reply:i would think that it is your government that is greedy. i am american and i know ours is corrupt and greedy.





many americans i know are looking to immigrate elsewhere . we are tired of being spied on , which I understand is a problem in your country too.





if an American leaves to immigrate , we are charged taxes for 10 years as a penalty. Of course, we owe the new country we are living in taxes too. It's insane , the money control countries have other their citizens.





Sorry to hear that that the taxes are sooo high there. I feel for you , but know that the economy here is falling / there are problems here too. Not sure where a good place to live is, but I am looking !
Reply:Because us Brits keep voting for politicians who promise " we won't screw you this time". Evolution has created a breed of human that actually wants to be screwed, they live on a small island in the north Atlantic controlled by the USA.
Reply:I genuinly believ the reason British drivers are prosecuted and presecuted is because its a money making ploy by the labour government.
Reply:just a way for this govt. to screw even more money out of us!!.
Reply:Well if no-body did anything we wouldn't be here in 10 years time anyway.