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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 06:17 AM
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I read an article here about some "eco-nutter" installing wind turbines and "solar water heaters" made from recycled items like washing machines and creating "eco-villages". They were praised. Problem is, I think 80% of people here rent apartments. Not too sure how they can install these "eco" devices on someone else's property.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 07:34 AM
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most of the roads on my way to work that are sign posted as 40mph, are taken at 20 anyway due to a que of cars behind a bus, last night on the way home i was stuck behind a bus, that was stuck behind a bus

they get wrong for arriving early, so are forced to drive slower to meet targets

this happens all the time, which in turn seams to reprogram old peoples brains, into belivng that the road is in fact a 20MPH limit road, and the problem grows
i think with buses off the roads for just 1 day, traffic would flow quite easy around the town centers TBH


one of the roads i use to get to work is a 60mph road, people flash me and beep horns when i over take them
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:37 AM
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One answer here. VOTE. And please do so before the half wits in power find some way of preventing you from even doing that.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:38 AM
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One answer here. VOTE. And please do so before the half wits in power find some way of preventing you from even doing that.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 11:35 AM
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And what happens if you sell your car and rely on public transport?

Fancy an Easter break? Oh, tough sh*t, no trains running because of engineering work!
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 11:41 AM
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If everyone got out of their cars this country would be stuffed!

The government get billions of pounds a year from motorists and somehow I don't think it all goes back into the roads!

They would lose billions in tax and public transport around here can't cope now, without all the extra people getting out of their cars and trying to catch trains and buses, they just couldn't cope!

The last thing the government really want is for people to stop using their cars!
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 11:43 AM
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Um, if the speed limit is lowered to 20 MPH, then it applies to all forms of transport on the road, so using the bus ain't going to get you there any quicker is it? Surprised that no-one else (especially our so-called betters in the Guv'mint) has spotted this rather gaping flaw in the master plan.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by TonyG
Um, if the speed limit is lowered to 20 MPH, then it applies to all forms of transport on the road, so using the bus ain't going to get you there any quicker is it? Surprised that no-one else (especially our so-called betters in the Guv'mint) has spotted this rather gaping flaw in the master plan.
I was gonna say that!

They are building so called "eco" houses near me. They are hideous, double the price of a "normal" house and overlook another load of hideous "eco" houses.

15mph limit? They are living in cloud cuckoo land!
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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The next thing will be different speed limits depending on the emmissions of the car, so a gas guzzler has to do 15mph whereas an electric car can do 30mph!
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 12:32 PM
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Or they could build 2 roads which go to the same destination. One for buses and people who pay a yearly subscription and the other for mere peasants who won't or can't pay.

What with petrol running out and prices going up, why aren't more of us going down the Prius route anyway?
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 01:05 PM
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Perhaps you should visit www.priusnet.com to find out!
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Clarebabes
Or they could build 2 roads which go to the same destination. One for buses and people who pay a yearly subscription and the other for mere peasants who won't or can't pay.

What with petrol running out and prices going up, why aren't more of us going down the Prius route anyway?
"Petrol" isn't running out. Buy one of those cars and then have to deal with the disposal of the batteries (Not yet figured out).
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 01:27 PM
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Clarebabes
Or they could build 2 roads which go to the same destination. One for buses and people who pay a yearly subscription and the other for mere peasants who won't or can't pay.

What with petrol running out and prices going up, why aren't more of us going down the Prius route anyway?
Cause the Prius is a bluff and sux.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 09:25 PM
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Still faster than the train.....
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 03:16 PM
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I keep mentioning that this load of ***** hate us to have the personal freedom of a car. They think that only important people like them should be allowed to have them!

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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by sti-04!!
The majority of his cabinet are English but you all dont go on about them.

That thieving english **** Darling.

Get my point you racist
they all thieving *****. English/Scottish their all the same
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by sti-04!!

That thieving english **** Darling.
Although Darling was born in London, to all intents and purposes he is Scottish. He is of Scottish descent, was brought up and educated in Scotland and represents Edinburgh South West in Parliament.
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by NACRO
15mph limits have nothing whatsoever to do with 'green living' as we all know. The exact opposite in fact.
Absolutely right, it is far more polluting to be droning around at those speeds.

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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Daryl
Although Darling was born in London, to all intents and purposes he is Scottish. He is of Scottish descent, was brought up and educated in Scotland and represents Edinburgh South West in Parliament.
he represents a bad episode of the muppet show
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Á¢ïÐ
he represents a bad episode of the muppet show
That good!

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