Needless emissions

Madam, - We're the climate-change punks of Europe, and we don't care.

Madam, - We're the climate-change punks of Europe, and we don't care.

The Irish attitude to CO2 emissions from transport was driven home to me last week when I parked my car next to a gentleman in a mud-splattered black 07 BMW in car park at Tesco, Arklow. His engine was running.

When I returned to my car almost an hour later, his engine was still running - to keep his air-conditioning going while he read his tabloid newspaper. - Yours, etc,

DEBRA E. JAMES, Cummerduff, Gorey, Co Wexford.