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We've all been there, whether as a driver or passenger. We're tootling along on the motorway when a wankermobile comes up behind us. Far too close to our back bumper, we can see the driver getting redder in the face and starting to foam at the mouth. Then the headlights get flashed. How dare we get in his way (and it's almost always a he). How dare we dawdle in the fast lane at a mere 70mph!
I was going to write a whole diatribe about how head-bangingly stupid it is to propose to increase the speed limit to 80mph on the motorways. But Robert Llewellyn has written it better, and Alison Johnstone was on Radio Scotland this morning saying it better (should be lined up, but if not you can hear her at the 2hr8min mark).
4 comments:
Fast cars bad yet fast trains good, scratches head!
CO2 from train per passenger kilometre: 0.049kg
CO2 from car per passenger kilometre: 0.18kg
CO2 from plane per passenger kilometre: 0.30kg
The train can easily replace both the car and the plane, thereby reducing CO2 output for the passenger. The faster the train, the more willing the passenger is to swap onto that from a plane or a car.
Sorry but I don't buy your numbers at all.
Planes, Trains, Automobiles (and Buses): Which is the Greenest Way to Travel Long Distance in the US?
My figures come from the book "How To Live A Low-Carbon Life" by Chris Goodall.
The figures in the article you cite are based on a diesel train.
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