It would seem to me that in a global environment in which the issues of pollution and recycling come ever more into the open, we will see the emergence of environment watch groups. Instead of the usual types of criminals, we will increasing focus on crimes that affect our environmental balance.
It seems logical that we will establish neighbourhood watch groups to catch out people who do not observe the emerging rules of being environmentally conscious.
One aspect of the power of these localized groups will be the enormous power they will possess for examining their local environment by satellite. It will be possible to look into the back garden of one's neighbour and search for a sticky polluting mess. So powerful will be these new technologies, that we will be able to catch out the source of light pollution that obstructs our view in the evening of the stars. It won't be necessary to have a camera watching over your local parking lot. You will be able to use your own iPhone and keep an eye on things back at the car while you are shopping. If some one steals from your vehicle you will have a recording of the thief from the air.
Once a neighbour has been reported the local 'green' watchdogs, very much like pollution policemen can raid the house in question and enforce the local ordinances with regard to CO2 emission.
Satellite technologies will be the great enabler for the environmentally conscious. It will be possible to look directly into the private spaces of people. The use of fences to keep messes from view will no longer work. The person on the computer will also see how much heat your dwelling is losing per hour. In fact, there won't be much information about you that the satellite traveller from China or anywhere in the world won't have to observe you at home. We are moving into the global fish tank age in which all will be revealed.
This is how I was able to observe the pollution going on along the borders of counties in England. As long as you do your polluting on the borders it seems that you can get away with it. Not any more because now we can all see what is going on!
Can you imagine how easy it will be to follow spies!
