Telegraph UK
January 14, 2008
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/1382
"Green" consumers, biggest carbon footprints
A survey of travel habits has revealed that the most environmentally
conscious people are also the biggest polluters.
"Green" consumers have some of the biggest carbon footprints because
they are still hooked on flying abroad or driving their cars while their
adherence to the green cause is mostly limited to small gestures.
Identified as "eco-adopters", they are most likely to be members of an
environmental organisation, buy green products such as detergents,
recycle and have a keen interest in green issues.
But the survey of 25,000 people, by the market research company Target
Group Index, found that eco-adopters are seven per cent more likely than
the general population to take flights, and four per cent more likely to
own a car. The survey found similar trends in France and the United
States.
Geoff Wicken, the author of the report, pointed to David Cameron, the
Conservative leader, as a classic eco-adopter because despite styling
himself as a green warrior he also takes flights in private helicopters
and planes.
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