You think you’re green? Don’t make me laugh

The question is no longer whether it is possible to reverse global warming by drastically cutting carbon emissions, because even if it is, we’re not going to. Instead we have found ways to be green that do not involve the least privation, and therefore don’t do anything but present exciting marketing opportunities. Forget about your wind-up radio. You want be green? Stop flying and using your car. Quit buying stuff. Turn off all your lights and sit in the dark and don’t eat anything. Keep it up.

But you and I and David Cameron and Prince Charles are doing the opposite. We’re flying more and driving more and buying more rubbish, even as we cycle and recycle more. We’re pretending to try and we’re making it worse, and Liam Fox thinks even this is risky because it might make us forget to worry about high taxes. I’m almost starting to think he has a point. Why bother cutting back on oil, when we know full well that in the end we intend to use every last drop?

Guardian