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The shift of manufacturing to turd world kuntries allows the west to sit proud that they are not the polluters.
The turd world were late to the party and argue they need hydrocarbons to catch up their economies.
Just talk from all sides. Building up economies just means a few Arseholes become disgustingly rich.
And those making it happen starve.
Stop using hydrocarbons and stuff that's made by exploiting easy energy.
Then stand back and watch the world disintegrate. ____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN. |
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Isn't that the one with the crazy, who is supposedly a keen motorcyclist?
https://www.visordown.com/news/general/motorcyclists-now-have-voice-houses-parliament
Hmm, so I take it that this means that having tried to use the imagery of bikes to direct public perceptions in her favour as a bold and dynamic individual (a very 20th century way of looking at things) she is suddenly uninterested in bikes as well. Come to think of it, is there any evidence that she ever rode at all? Online, it appears she attended a couple of MAG events. I suppose she's been there and done that, now. Onward and upward to better things. It's obvious what those are.
I'm not having a dig at her - every creature acts according to its nature. A scorpion stings indiscrimately.
I will use this opportunity to have a dig at MAG though. How can you expect people to support you if you overlook what your eyes tell you, or if your strategic planning suppresses your gut feeling and experience?
https://www.mag-uk.org/does-new-motorcycling-minister-signal-a-bright-future-for-riders/
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On the plus side and giving her the benefit of the doubt she did only mention 'cars' - nothing about bikes ____________________ Even more boring in real life . . . |
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Jeez, the stuff some of you read into ordinary things. That’s a forced smile for the camera, they never look natural.
Back on topic, I watched ‘The Modern Age of the Coach’ yesterday, it was surprisingly good.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00xf6xk
I reckon I could happily do without a car if there was a comprehensive bus service (in the sticks) but to get that there would either have to be large scale coercion (pricing or otherwise inconveniencing people out of car ownership) or massive pre-investment in the vague hope of making it the better alternative. So, in response to the OP, yes it’s inevitable that personal transport will decline, and although that makes sense on many levels we might consider ourselves to be in a golden age now. I’ll take a different view of that last point tomorrow morning when my car is crawling at 5mph on the way into Stevenage though. |
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Wow, that's quite a headline. Lots of clickbaity stuff on the right-hand side, and I must admit I couldn't help clicking a couple of titles. So it's served its purpose and made someone £0.00004. Score!
There is a side of life in this country that everyone tries to avoid at all costs, but which many cannot. If you take away all hope from people, I just don't know what the political and social consequences of that may be. This forum, and I'm making an assumption here, does come out of that basic work hard play hard ideology, whereby if you work hard, play by the rules, save money, etc. and grit your teeth and get on the daily grind, then you can have a satisfactory life. It would all come together. People bought sportsbikes before they had all the essentials lined up. People got married and had kids before they had all their living necessities secured, etc. There was this idea that even if you were from an underprivileged background, you could nevertheless enjoy life and eke out a decent existence by making the right choices. At 17 learn to drive. At 24 or whatever, learn to ride. Buy a car, buy a bike, get a mortgage, etc.
What's being proposed just puts these aspirations on hold, if not indefinitely, then seemingly indefinitely. I don't know. It just seems that if you let people have an XR3i or whatever then they'll happily look forward to the day they buy a Range Rover. Realistic aspirations of a normal life. Whereas now the govt is telling them, be happy with your bicycle and the bus, but carry on being productive regardless, go back to your tower block flat, which you rent and which can't have an EV charging port installed, and watch a £4 million Aston on Top Gear, while asset prices go through the roof, etc. Whatever.. Just don't see how this would work. |
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"We will use our cars less and be able to rely on a convenient, cost-effective and coherent public transport network."
In whose dreams? ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 125 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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