It’s true. I swear. I remember when you were allowed to drive a car—even a four-wheel drive that emitted more than 200 grams of CO2 per kilometre, even if you were the only one in it, even if you could have caught a bus—all day, and only pay for petrol. No fines, no charges.
As for planes, if you had the cash you could fly as often as you liked—no records were kept—and often there were empty seats. There was even this thing we called ‘first class’, where you could pay for twice as much space as all the other passengers.