Driving change

I believe that in the future, perhaps 10 or 15 years from now, every adult in the UK will have an accurate idea of how much CO₂ they emit into the atmosphere each year. Today, we decide how we spend our money. In future, we will be faced with choices about how we produce CO₂. Do we use the spin dryer to dry our clothes, or take the car to the supermarket? Do we walk to work for a year to compensate for flying to Florida on a family holiday?

The reason for this is global warming. The major cause of global warming is the increasing concentration of man-made CO2 in the world's atmosphere. Carbon dioxide concentrations have risen from an estimated 280 parts per million before the industrial revolution, to 380 ppm today. If the world continues with 'business as usual', it is estimated that CO