The answer is out there, but I would like to venture, if reducing our carbon footprint is another way of saying more tax, nothin in return and you wont notice your utility bill if you don't heat your house, then yes it is bollocks. Does anyone think that the Chinese or India give a tuppenny toss about their carbon footprint? Well, that's two thirds of the world's population so what is a poxy little country like ours going to do to save the world? Stand back and say 'I told you so'? It's the biggest load of old arsewipe I've yet heard, and frankly, just cos we in the West say its serious, doesn't mean anyone else gives a shite, so why bother? Plastic bags indeed. I saw biodregradable nappy sacks in Waitrose today for people with 'conscience'. What about the shitty disposable nappy that goes into it, that still takes about 500 years to decay. More bollocks.