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Eat, drink and be miserable: the true cost of our addiction to shopping

“ Today it seems politically unpalatable, but soon the state will have to turn to rationing to halt hyper-frantic consumerism  - ”

And what do Madeleine Bunting's readers think of this utopian madness?  stevejones123 is not atypical. “ What the government is doing regarding climate change is passing the buck on to the individual. It could easily ban incandescent light bulbs, air conditioners, insist that public buildings only be heated to 18 centigrade, give the subsidies the Germans do to those who invest in renewable energy, bring in strict laws regarding energy efficiency for new houses, stick an additional tax on electronic goods that don't go into proper standby, insist of aircraft fuel being taxed at the same rate as petrol and diesel, forbid subsidies from local or regional authorities to local airports or budget airlines, and a fair number of other measures. Expecting the consumer to follow his conscience is a recipe for making people feel miserable and harassed without significantly reducing energy use. ” Click-click.

Thanks to Anonymous "rockville" for the tip