Reducing carbon emissions needn’t hit our pockets (Image: John Lamb/Getty)
TACKLING climate change will cost consumers the earth. Those who campaign for a green revolution are out to destroy our western lifestyles. Such are the cries of opponents of emissions cuts, and their message has political clout: a number of surveys, including one by New 精东传媒 in 2007, have found that the enthusiasm of voters for policies to alleviate climate change falls off as the price tag increases.
However, a new modelling exercise conducted exclusively for this magazine suggests that these fears are largely unfounded. It projects that radical cuts…
