Madam, - A complex system based on "emissions" is to be employed to calculate the appropriate level of car taxation. Public servants will flock to the centre of Dublin to administer the new system. Forests will be felled to produce leaflets explaining the changes.
The tax should have been levied directly on fuel usage. The more you use, the more you pay. Too simple? Administration costs associated with the new system give us a glimpse of the green myth.
Is environmentalism a new cult?
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TONY O'MAHONY, Convent Avenue, Bray, Co Wicklow.