I wrote earlier about the need to get the public involved in meaningful discussions on the direction of energy policy. Well, it seems that Reuters carried a story a few days ago on British fears of where the U.K.’s and Europe’s policies seem to be headed:
First there were the thought police, then the surveillance society, now Britons fear the carbon cops are coming to ensure compliance with climate change legislation, a survey showed on Wednesday.
And with warnings of global catastrophe ringing in their ears some people fear that failure to cut personal carbon emissions will eventually result in enforced carbon behaviour re-education, the Energy Saving Trust said.
It said 41 percent of Britons think the country will need its own Carbon Police Force by mid-century and one quarter believe repeat offenders will have to go into carbon rehab and take carbon addiction classes.
You’d think that in a country that has 1 police surveillance camera per 14 inhabitants, the citizens would display a sheep-like trust in the protection of the State. Maybe that’s not actually the case in Britain.
