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Posted May 28, 2008 - 10:15am by Will Hinton
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In this week's podcast, I interviewed my friend Chris Heuertz, International Director of Word Made Flesh. In an time when Christianity has often been reduced to ugly stereotypes or pragmatic self-help cloaked in quotes from the Bible, Chris is advocating a very simple (not simplistic) Christianity that has called him to befriend the poorest of the poor. In this interview, Chris and I discuss his new book, Simple Spirituality: Learning to See God in a Broken World.

Carbon Ration Cards?

Posted May 28, 2008 - 8:21am by Will Hinton

I read today about a proposed plan in the UK that would require all adults to carry a carbon ration card.

"Under the scheme, everyone would be given an annual carbon allowance to use when buying oil, gas, electricity and flights. Anyone who exceeds their entitlement would have to buy top-up credits from individuals who haven't used up their allowance. The amount paid would be driven by market forces and the deal done through a specialist company."

I absolutely agree that strong measures are going to have to be taken regarding energy consumption and stewardship of the Earth. But if there was ever a plan tailor-made for graft, corruption, and influence-peddling, this is it. I'm not sure how this plan uses "market forces" particularly since market forces will not determine what the initial carbon "entitlement" will be.