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| Cameron: I don't want to make air travel the preserve of the rich |
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| Written by Alex Singleton | |
| Thursday, 04 May 2006 | |
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Here at the GI, we are advocates of positive environmentalism, a belief that it’s right to tackle environmental problems but that they need to be solved by harnessing technological progress and the power of the market. That’s why we favour entrepreneurs entering the market with enviornmentally-friendly detergents, we favour the growth of energy efficient appliances and lightbults, and we favour the development of clean technologies such as hydrogen cars. What we reject is the heavy-handed, anti-technology, anti-growth ideology supported by the negative environmentalists who want to return Britain to the feudalism of the Middle Ages. I am delighted that David Cameron has made plain his views on aeroplanes in the current issue of GQ magazine. He rejects the notion that it’s wrong for ordinary people to take a cheap holiday overseas, something the negative environmentalists claim. Instead, and consistent with his views on positive environmentalism, he says: “I don’t want to make air travel the preserve of the rich.” He’s right: we of course, need to use technology to cut emissions, such as by creating a prize fund to reward new advances in this area, but let’s have both the aeroplanes and the cleaner environment. |