The incredible anti-global warming airplanes

You’ve got to hand it to the Government when it comes to displaying its green credentials.

How could anyone doubt its dedication to fighting for the environment?

After all, didn’t it commission the Stern report and didn’t Tony Blair stand up himself and say how vital it was to do something while we still had time.

‘This disaster is not set to happen in some science fiction future many years ahead, but in our lifetime,’ he warned. ‘Investment now will pay us back many times in the future, not just environmentally but economically as well. For every £1 invested now we can save £5, or possibly more, by acting now.’

And we knew our leaders were serious about cutting back on our carbon footprint when Gordon Brown delivered his Pre-Budget Report. He left us with no doubt that it was time to act, and in a statement of intent he doubled air passenger duty to stop us all frivolously flying around the place and polluting the air with cheap flights.

So, I can only imagine that somewhere there is a secret fleet of planes waiting to be put into service that are so green that they actually clean up the air.

After all, why else would a Government committed to cutting back pollution announce that another runway will be built at Heathrow, allowing 500 more flights a day?

Having told us how much they care about the environment, I won’t question our leaders’ green credentials.

Nope, I’ll just look forward to the arrival of the top secret, air-cleaning, pollution-removing air fleet. Think about it:

One more runway = 500 extra flights per day x 200 passengers per plane x 365 days per year x at least £10 tax per seat = £365m per year.

That’ll buy us even more anti-global warming planes.

Genius.

- Simon Lambert, This is Money

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