http://www.platform10.org/2009/07/the-moral-imperative-against-pollution/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-moral-imperative-against-pollution Campaigning for a modern liberal Conservative Party Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:28:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.platform10.org/2009/07/the-moral-imperative-against-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-18489 kinglear Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:06:34 +0000 http://www.platform10.org//?p=570#comment-18489 I was recently briefly in Switzerland, where I was reminded that they started looking after their environment about 50 years ago. Their reasons were economic - tourism is,and was, their second biggest foreign exchange earner, and people will not pay to see a poluted, untidy and litter strewn place. As an aside, their railway system was completely electrified by 1904. Makes you think.... I was recently briefly in Switzerland, where I was reminded that they started looking after their environment about 50 years ago. Their reasons were economic – tourism is,and was, their second biggest foreign exchange earner, and people will not pay to see a poluted, untidy and litter strewn place. As an aside, their railway system was completely electrified by 1904. Makes you think….

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