High cost of fuels may help save the planet

PRICES at the petrol pumps soar.

Car owners can afford to drive less miles and less often. However, the cloud may, again, have a silver lining: with the price hikes and depleting reserves, the planet may be in the process of saving itself.

Emissions from the burning of fossil fuels cause the climate change which threatens us. However, as fuel grows scarcer and what remains grows more expensive, its use and, therefore emissions, will be reduced.