The anti smoking campaign really worked - smoking can be harmful it can ki…. etc etc. But carbon is killing too, directly in developing countries that are really suffering because of the past polluting of developed nations and indirectly as we are storing up trouble for future generations.

Lots of reasons prevent us from taking real action:
* Mentioning Climate Change is a bit of a turn off these days - most people are aware - awareness is not motivating enough
* Adopting lower carbon behaviour can really save you money - I can prove that many times over
* Being a low carbon family is increasingly desirable, you will no longer be the odd ones out
* Having a low carbon car with great fuel consumption is increasingly socially acceptable - the fuel thirsty waggon is increasingly hard to justify if only because it costs a fortune to run.

The trouble is folk don’t like being told what to do, don’t want their cozy life styles to change and having “more” rather than less is seen to be a sign of being successful for we live in a consumer driven society, but does it make people any happier? I’ll leave any reader to judge that one.

How about a series of life long learning stories from local people as a challenge to the sceptics , or just to draw people into the debate ?

David