What annoys me about the UK government's attitude is that they use the reduction in peoples' carbon footprint to justify building a stonking great runway at Heathrow Airport.
If I'm reducing my carbon footprint, I want it to be for the good of the environment - I don't want my government undoing whatever good is being accomplished. Ironically, it'll probably be greener in the long run for us not to recycle and go low-energy, so the government can't use that as an excuse to increase pollution and make things worse.
