Is it just me, or does this belong in The Onion?

Julian Taylor

September 8, 2007 at 9:25 pm

‘Environmental Transport Association’

Is this perhaps a collective of 2CV owners, bolstered by smug Prius owners and the occasional furtive Gwiz electricity thief?

James

September 8, 2007 at 10:04 pm

Does this have any roads in it, or is it just a collection of cycle routes?

Steevo

September 8, 2007 at 10:14 pm

I was wondering kind of the opposite, at least for some of the higher-ups at Philip’s. Are they touring the globe in their private jets producing more carbon than just about any average citizen could dream of… like Gore, Hollywood, etc. telling the taxpayers what needs to be done to offset, carbon?

Tim Newman

September 8, 2007 at 11:21 pm

This green stuff might be idiocy of the highest order, but as the organic food movement has shown, there’s money in it. I bet they’ll shift loads of these atlases, and Philip will be laughing his way to the bank.

WalterBowsell

September 9, 2007 at 2:25 am

The new edition(Link)

Frederick Davies

September 9, 2007 at 10:51 am

The Philip’s Green Road Atlas, £12.99.

The unsafe G-Wiz, £7000.

The Ballad of Flanagan’s Ice, priceless!

PS: I hope they do not plan selling any of those atlases in Spain; a book published “in association with ETA” might have too many connotations over there.

Julian Taylor

September 9, 2007 at 12:05 pm

I hope they do not plan selling any of those atlases in Spain; a book published “in association with ETA” might have too many connotations over there

Haha! Similar to the confusion we used to have in the UK when US citizens used to discuss how much they were paying into their IRA.

Stephen Daedalus

September 9, 2007 at 12:52 pm

Tories propose banning plasma screens

The Conservatives are to propose banning plasma screens and other energy-guzzling electrical goods.

The plans will target white goods like fridges and freezers, as well as TVs, personal computers and DVD players that use too much energy or operate on stand-by…

The group will also suggest scrapping Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measure of the nation’s success in favour of a model that measures people’s happiness drawn up up by Friends of the Earth.

Under the proposals, a cap could be set on the energy use of each electrical appliance, and those exceeding limits could be banned from sale in the UK.

A new labelling requirement could be introduced to inform consumers of products’ annual energy consumption compared with other similar appliances.

And there could be a ban on electrical goods with stand-by lights which can stay on indefinitely.

Lascaille

September 9, 2007 at 1:45 pm

I love these proposals that show how out of touch the Government really is… Don’t they remember we’re in a free trade zone? How much is shipping from Poland on a 42″ TV again?

J

September 9, 2007 at 2:32 pm

Lascaille, you are being optimistic. They wouldn’t just ban the sale of these things, they’d ban the act of bringing them into the country. I’m looking forward to the day when I can smuggle illicit incandescent light bulbs into the country.

J

September 9, 2007 at 4:48 pm

J, yes… but no. They’re not allowed to and the EU would go spare about restraint of trade.

Probably the only good thing about being in the EU is that it protects us from crazy crap like this.

Alisa

September 9, 2007 at 4:53 pm

Yes, but what would prevent Brussels from outlawing the actual production of these bulbs anywhere in the EU, let alone importing them from outside the EU?

manuel II paleologos

September 9, 2007 at 8:47 pm

Do you realise – next general election in Richmond Park I’m going to have to pick between voting for Susan Kramer of the Lib Dems, and Zac Goldsmith, eco-warrior toff extraordinaire. Or some Labour no-hoper.

Just think – if “Dame” Jenny Tonge were still the LD candidate, I’d be having to pick between perhaps the two most loathsome individuals in Britain.