War x 4

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Any government concerned about global security and climate change should be banning 4×4s
By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 6th July 2004
Financial Times, 3rd July, main section: “French road tax rattles gas guzzlers”. The French government is hoping to impose a tax of up to 3200 euros on new 4-wheel drive cars (4×4s), which are wrecking its cities and cooking the planet.

Financial Times, 3rd July, How to Spend It supplement: “Wet this baby’s head”. A new amphibious vehicle “will be the beefiest 4×4 on road or water”. It has a top speed of over 100mph on the road, and 30 on the water. The developer is holding down the price to “teach people to recognise it as the way forward”.

Now we can bugger up our rivers as well as our roads. This is what we mean by progress.

http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2004/07/06/war-x-4/