19th February 2007, 11:05 PM
Posted by Kevin Wooldridge:
Posted by Invisible Man:
On your other points - yes, any measures to penalise unnecessary driving should focus particularly on heavily congested areas. They should also pay particular attention to cars with larger engines, for which reason I also favour higher fuel taxes.
I'm not quite sure what you have against the 'bandwagon of climate change' - are you looking forward to sea levels rising, drowning East Anglia and London amongst other places?
Sticking on that theme, which is only one of several good reasons for cutting car use, we all know that traffic fumes are one of the largest (and fastest growing) sources of greenhouse gases. So, if there is no alternative (in your view) to continuing unrestricted use of cars, how would you go about cutting those emissions?
1man1desk
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Quote:quote:Any chance BAJR might start a petition in favour of road pricing. I would be happy to sign.There's plenty of pro-road pricing (and related topics) petitions already on the same website as the anti-road pricing one. Sign up there...
Posted by Invisible Man:
Quote:quote:Nobody drives in rush hour traffic because they want to, it's because they need toNot true - I have spoken to plenty of people in my office (in Leeds) who drive precisely because they want to, despite the fact that they could reach their destination faster by public transport.
On your other points - yes, any measures to penalise unnecessary driving should focus particularly on heavily congested areas. They should also pay particular attention to cars with larger engines, for which reason I also favour higher fuel taxes.
I'm not quite sure what you have against the 'bandwagon of climate change' - are you looking forward to sea levels rising, drowning East Anglia and London amongst other places?
Sticking on that theme, which is only one of several good reasons for cutting car use, we all know that traffic fumes are one of the largest (and fastest growing) sources of greenhouse gases. So, if there is no alternative (in your view) to continuing unrestricted use of cars, how would you go about cutting those emissions?
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished