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Don't waste money on your childrens driving lessons
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
Not keen on this though:
The plan also envisages an end to cheap holiday flights from Britain to southern Europe with a target that over 50 per cent of all journeys above 186 miles should be by rail. -
As a responsible parent I have just booked my 12 year old a party at Mercedes Benz World.
It may be the only chance he and his friends get to drive a 4X4 off road in the unforgiving, wild terrain of Surrey, and I do think it's important to teach them about the way we used to live.Comment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostIf rail is so good why is it about a million times more expensive than a Ryanair flight that isn't massively subsidised like trains, and a lot quicker too.Comment
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Originally posted by PRC1964 View PostAs a responsible parent I have just booked my 12 year old a party at Mercedes Benz World.
It may be the only chance he and his friends get to drive a 4X4 off road in the unforgiving, wild terrain of Surrey, and I do think it's important to teach them about the way we used to live.Comment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostI wonder whether, in your children's lifetime, they'll consider it weird and socially irresponsible that we once drove around in cars that pumped pollutants into the air willy nilly.
Same pollutant plants use to breathe.Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostYes, CO2, the same "pollutant" you pump out with every breath.
Same pollutant plants use to breathe.
Here's the first non-eco-loony site (well okay the BBC)
BBC - h2g2 - Atmospheric Pollution from the Internal Combustion Engine in the Urban EnvironmentComment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostOil is too cheap? Wait until it hits $1000 per barrel...
There's always an airship, blimp, zeppelin, dirigible or hindenburg. According to David Mackay, those could be about as efficient as rail, but without the rails.
If useful cargo made up half of the vessel’s mass, the net transport cost of this monster airship would be 0.06 kWh/t-km – similar to rail.Comment
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