Who wants to pay so-called 'green' taxes, when those taxes are used to finance wars?

Paul, Coventry,

Why does every thing to do with 'Green issues' automatically mean the British public should be taken for more money?

James, Sherborne, Dorset

I think Green taxes are completely pointless but I think the money raised should go to funding alternative energy sourses like fusion.

Meera, Reading, UK

I agree with our American cousin, people are fed-up with "green taxes"-most know its just another revenue raising con-its like the new car tax thresholds, when I ran a Range-rover and did 80 miles a week, my neighbour runs a Mondeo for work and does 300 miles a week,who is polluting the most, and ofcourse the "gas-guzzler" pays more in fuel anyway.
Trouble is with this country politicians cant come up with anything else-sad isnt it when they are on £250,000 inc expenses, trouble with us Brits is we just take it,and vote the same muppets in again!

Steve, coventry, uk

There are no such thing as "green" taxes! When will people wake up and realise this! As David Leslie says below, they are just taxes like any other. The only difference is that they are justified by taking the high moral ground. Put simply, what would the Govt do if it's "green" taxes on fuel and cars actually worked? They would lose huge amounts of revenue... hardly a desirable outcome for Govt. So, in fact, the Govt have no interest whatsoever in reducing the amount of "polluting" cars on the road. It ain't rocket science is it??!

GLS, Liverpool,

I wonder how much it would cost to re-nationalise the railways and then offer free travel on them to all passengers?

When offset against the national road building and repair programme it would probably be viable. The rolling stock would have to be expanded, of course.

Mike Poulsen, Reading, Berkshire

If 'green' taxes are imposed in one area, to be disbursed in another, there wouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately this doesn't happen, so 'green' taxes are just tax, the same as every other tax.

David Leslie, Perth, Scotland

All tax, ‘green’ or otherwise is used by government to burn yet more fuel. Some of course is justified, but more and more administrators, failed IT projects, and now we learn £10,000 fitted kitchens for MP’s simply adds to the waste.

Lower tax, reduce the population by getting British people to do the jobs, which Eastern Europeans find easy to find and our fuel usage is guaranteed to go down.

George Ball, Diss,

On two recent visits to the UK I must admit I was astounded at the amount of Government "spin" about so called "green" issues! To add to this just about everyone I met was thoroughly fed up with the whole issue! if the globe warms we will all move to sightly higher ground and you can grow figs in the UK! That's how the human race has adapted for thousands of years and will continue to do so! As for taxes; can anyone in any country tell me any tax which is actually used for the Goverment stated purpose?

Rod Garr, Miami , USA

Imposed by the European Commission, Britain has a legal obligation to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent in 2020 compared to 1990. Nuclear power is the obvious choice, but the green lobby will object to it to the extent that it may never happen. As a back-up plan for this eventuality, the government has recently announced approval for a coal fired power station at Kingsnorth and a gas fired station near Plymouth. Thus, the greens have been kicked up the backside by their own carbon footprint. There can be no considered long term energy policy where the EU makes demands on one side and the eco-warriors prevent a rational choice on the other. As reported in the Times, the alternative is 20,000 wind turbines, which the said warriors will also oppose. As no option exists, environmental taxes will be used to diminish demand in order to meet EU targets. Our global competitors will be laughing all the way to the bank.

Dwight Vandryver, Scholar Green, Cheshire, UK

The sooner the "green tax" concept is dropped along with all the other carbon offset or carbon auction nonsense the better. I'm sure the Chinese are laughing up their sleeves at the prospect of us actually believing these things will make a difference and how they are crippling us economically. If the government can state how these taxes were used to actually reduce pollution or the dreaded CO2 I'd be more impressed but when Darling points out that his main focus is on reducing "child poverty" (give them more pocket money?) I guess it's back to tax everyone to the hilt and spend it on as many failed projects and 5-year plans they can dream up.

JohnM, Perth, Scotland