Politicians have definitely conquered the subject of Global Warming in this luke winter. They make it serve whatever purpose they can think of. I smell of multitude of taxes, legislations and very funny efforts of actionism around the corner.
In their ideal society all people suddenly exchange traditional light bulbs for the energy saving ones. Which takes a little bit more spending on those new lamps and more efficient heating systems in general. Which is good because there is less money left for oversea holidays. People should stay in their country anyway, because the dosh spend will fuel local tourism and less kerosene is blown into the skies. Ticket prices should rise too, ruling out budget airlines. Eco taxes will be added depending on the length of the flight. Because there would be less air traffic, the chances of planes crashing into nuclear power stations will go down. Which means we should go back to building new ones instead of spilling Arab oil.
Sometimes one thinks politicians should be the only people with an allowance for travelling in planes and limousines. And having electric light in their houses. Plus pensions...