The British Lead The Way In Hard-Gore Lunacy

May 5 (EIRNS) The British are leagues ahead of the US in carving out a brave new green world, according to an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal today by author Lionel Shriver, called "How Green Was My Garbage." Shriver paints a scary picture of the current situation in the UK, and what's in store for the U.S. if it follows the British lead in punitive environmental legislation:

*Garbage collection cut down to fortnightly pickups to encourage recycling (but actually generating an unholy stench).

*$200 fines for poorly separated recycling bins.

*Microchip weight sensors embedded in waste bins for charging by the kilogram.

*Charging autos up to $2.50 per mile to travel roads built with taxpayer money. That would amount to some $50 per day for the average British commuter.

*Huge gasoline taxes--over $4.00 per gallon at the pump.

*"Congestion" charges in London, now at $16 per day.

*Proposals to impose large parking charges on gas guzzling vehicles in "congestion" zones.

Such extortion is filling government coffers while it cuts services, including refusal to fund a new high-speed rail link which would relieve the crunch of people flooding to commuter trains in response to the prohibitive costs of driving under the new green rules. This green fascism has its claws deep into the U.K. populace, and this is the model some, like Felix Rohatyn and his financial cronies, including California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, would like to impose on American cities: a Great Green Big MAC.