David Cameron - Davos debates 2009

>>Well thanks very much for your questions and your posting. I don't agree. We've got to make sure that growth and the environment are not alternatives, but they go together. We need green growth. So I don't think that there is some set level of growth that if you exceed you'll necessarily damage the environment. We gonna make sure that growth can go along with perfecting our environment. How do we do that? For instance,we're gonna make sure that when it comes to electricity generation, and distribution, and use. We have a smart-grid that people can interact with. That you can produce your own electricity. You can sale the surplus back to the grid. You can plug in electric cars. You can make possible the renewable energies that can be need to be used bulk like tidal,wind,wave and solar power. So these things mustn't be alternative. The role of politicians is we've got to work at is how you make growth and greenery go together. And I thinik that it's particulary important that in a recession, we don't junk our committment to the environment and tackling climate change. I think it's tempting for politicians to say "Look of course the prority must be everything to do with the recession, let'sforget about the environment. That would be a mistake. We gonna make sure we do things now that help people to get out of the recession,to get jobs,and that help businesses,but are also good for environment in the future. And investing in green technology and green businesses and green ideas for the future is one that would work very well