Entry for 11th January, 2009 - Scrap Scrappage

I am hugely irked by the government’s car scrappage scheme. It has been vaguely dressed up in environmental clothing, as being beneficial because it will reduce carbon emissions. That of course, is a lot of pigswill. It is fairly easy to work out that the amount of energy required to manufacture a new car is enormous.
It seems to me like we are not actually interested in environmental matters. Not really. Not when it hurts. We are happy enough to put our beer cans in the recycling, but God forbid anyone suggest we consume a bit less or brew our own. We are happy enough to reduce our carbon footprint provided we get to buy a shiny new car.