Alexis,

Of course, none of this applies for the elite, who can afford all of the carbon indulgences they want while poo-pooing the masses for their behavior.

Just today the government announced that will rise to “reflect environmental costs”.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2265116/Meat-and-milk-prices-will-rise-to-reflect-environmental-costs.html

Madonna, Geldof, and Sting won’t feel that pinch. But a working family will. I’ll never understand why any country, especially an avowedly socialist one, would declare war on its own middle and working classes.