Tuomioja Proposes Rationing Petrol

At a discussion forum in Vantaa for SDP members campaigning for the chairmanship, Tuomioja said that a limit could be imposed on personal gasoline consumption. According to his suggestion, everyone would be issued gasoline coupons, and those that did not use the coupons could sell them.

He said this would create environmentally-friendly petrol market.

"The truly environmentally conscious could, of course, simply tear up the coupons," Tuomioja added.

The other party members at the discussion did not comment on Tuomioja's idea, although they posited green ideas of their own. MP Kimmo Kiljunen suggested that Helsinki's public transport could be made free of charge, while MP Tarja Filatov preferred to limit free public transport to under 16-year-olds.