Supports fuel vouchers and thus the continued mass use of cars, "Petrol taxation also offers a solution (to restraining traffic) that is far simpler to apply than road pricing. But petrol taxes, although convenient, are inequitable. Petrol quotas, an alternative to petrol taxation, could represent each citizen's annual allocation of petrol and could be tradeable on the open market.. They are an easily enforceable mechanism with the potential to spread the costs of traffic reduction more equitably than taxation and according to the laws of supply and demand ..."[170]

It all started so brightly, "Now that he's enjoying attention in his own right, the effervescent campaigner for green issues has no cause for bitterness that his first band became much more successful after his departure in 1975. "No, no - I'm glad to see the lads doing well. I was never really interested in doing car sponsorship myself, anyway."[171]

David gee is (was) director of friends of the Earth and drives a ford sierra. No wonder friends of the Earth has never launched an anti-car campaign.

.. "last month a Greenpeace publicity car was driven to the M77 road protest in Glasgow. It was promptly confiscated and burnt by other activists."[173]

Many lefties, usually with the most superficial understanding of ecological issues, are extremely worried that environmentalists’ demands to curb the car would lead to a huge rise in petrol taxes which would have a considerable impact on low income motorists. According to brian hanson, “While many “greens” might welcome a modest additional fuel levy to help finance better public transport, others on the left may view a price rise on the scale proposed as socially unjust. It would also be grossly inflationary and completely unnecessary.”[174] In order to avert social injustice for motorists hanson proposes, “The real answer to the transport crisis, as for other environmental problems, lies with grasping the nettle of effective energy conservation .. such could provide the essential catalyst needed to transform the car-culture into one of universal acceptance of green values.” Anyone who believes that energy conservation could prevent an ecological catastrophe is an ecological ignoramus who has little understanding of just how close oomans are getting to a geophysiological disaster. His proposed energy conservation scheme is, “An equitable system of vehicle fuel “Allocations” (which) would offer a workable and socially just alternative to higher fuel taxes.” Just in case this proposal might sound somewhat threatening to the country’s motorized eco-nazis he immediately attempts to allay their fears, “Such a policy would not preclude new environmentally justified roads nor would it anathematise car ownership.” Well thank goodness his proposal won’t stop the spread of car ownership. For a moment there we thought he was beginning to sound like one of those cranky, bunny-loving, car hating environmentalists. And what was that again, “environmentally justified roads” uhm what a fantastic new concept that is. One wonders quite how he managed to think up such a fantastic idea - perhaps he drifted off in some adrenalin haze whilst driving down the motorway when it suddenly hit him - yes, roads give people access to Wilderness areas therefore roads can be environmentally friendly.

Ken jones outlines a dispute between green radicals and environmentalists concerning rural transport. What is so unusual about this dispute is that it is the so-called green radicals (such as ken jones) who are in favour of cars and roads whilst it’s the environmentalists/reformists who are anti-car and anti-road, "They (the green radicals) persuaded the environmentalist campaigners to hold their fire, to accept a more open-ended local dialogue, to consider the need for 'first aid' road improvements .. The radicals also persuade them to modify their obsession with public transport in an area of scattered dwellings where, even with neighbours sharing lifts, cars are essential, and where the rationing by price of a carbon tax is unacceptable unless combined with a rationing by need scheme favouring areas such as this at the same time as certain classes of individuals. Thus the need is for simple, limited range, electrically powered runabouts connecting to public transport points. (Dulas Engineering, a small firm in West Wales, is in fact developing a rural car)."[176]

These authors celebrate the car because, "We should not forget that the access that the motorcar provides has also made many city dwellers aware of nature."[178] But what exactly do these authors mean by aware? Do they mean aware of the vital role of Forests as the basis of the Earth’s life support system or aware that there are green and pleasant areas for huntin’, shootin’, and fishin’, or as an escape from urban smogs? If motorists were "aware" of the importance of ‘nature’ then they wouldn’t be driving cars and they wouldn’t be driving them into green areas where the pressure of tourism will quickly lead to the spread of restaurants and car parks. Trying to defend the car on such a miniscule point only reveals the bankruptcy of these authors’ ecological awareness.

Drives a 2CV.

"The director of friends of the Earth became a victim of road rage yesterday. His eight miles of terror on the M6 left him angry, shaken and three-quarters of an hour late for an important speech. Charles Secrett tries to use cars as little as possible because of his strong pro-public transport convictions. But yesterday he found he could not get from his home in west London to a National Trust conference in Manchester and then on to a Friends of the Earth evening in Tewkesbury, by bus and train. So he hired a high-economy Ford escort, with catalytic converter .. "[179] However, it ought to be pointed out that secrett very bravely supported the fuel price accelerator during the middle of the fuel tac protests when there was widespread anger amongst motorists about constantly rising prices, “Fuel should be more expensive, not less - the higher the better so money is raised for better buses and trains.”[180]