It is with trepidation that I refer you to my review of Cool It by Bjorn Lomborg aka the Sceptical Environmentalist.

I am unconvinced by environmentalist rhetoric because it smacks of political correctness and I was keen to see what Lomborg had to say.

I interpret his message as "more haste less speed." We don't know enough about the problem to impose a solution that is both expensive and ineffective - namely carbon reduction. We have time to seek better solutions and in the mean to we should spend our resources dealing with problems which can be solved much more cheaply to make life better for people now e.g. malaria and hiv/aids programmes.

The Oxford/bike and fly effect, which you point, to is very apposite. High carbon taxes will make the lives of the poor more wretched. The rich will pay lip service, pay the tax and nothing will be achieved.

Spend much more money on research to find better solutions. For more look here: http://www.thinkhard.org/2007/10/kyoto-hot-air-a.html

I've got my tin hat on.