It was the last Queen's Speech and statement of government policy of the Millennium, but for the Telegraph, judging from today's front page headline, "Blair risks road rage over tolls", the most important, and reprehensible, piece of policy is the government's intention to place some very moderate restrictions on private motorists

When, I ask myself, are people - particularly politicians and newspaper editors - finally going to realise that individual motorisation is NON-SUSTAINABLE on a finite planet (Spaceship Earth) with a population (crew) of over six billion people?!

By far the most import issue and task facing us all as we prepare to enter the next century is changing from a non-sustainable to a sustainable economy - a world economy which can provide for everyone's needs while remaining well within the tolerance limits of the planet's carrying capacity.

In the Queen's Speech the word "sustainability" is not even mentioned. Instead one finds the following quote (the inverted commas are mine):

"The central economic objectives of my Government are 'high and stable levels of economic growth' and employment."

Just how long does the government - and do you newspaper editors - think that our economy - alongside all of the world's other economies - can carry on growing - not distinguishing between wants and needs - before the planet's life-support systems start to crack?