Getting to zero transport emissions – Changing the mindset

Whilst climate science, trends and the implications have been well understood for decades our politicians continue to ignore it by pursuing what has got us into this mess in the first place. That is business as usual. It is time to get back to basics and throw out many of the ideas, beliefs, dogma that underpins it. Two of these are discussed below. The first is the belief that population and economic growth must be a top priority and are essential to improve living standards with no limits in the foreseeable future at least. The second is that we can, in the words of the Prime Minister rely on technology and “Can Do Capitalism” alone to get us out of this mess.