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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Doctor Drivel wrote:

All this does is avoid a small amount of pollution in London at the
cost of causing a lot of pollution in the countryside.

Where no one lives. Boy you are dumb!

There are more people in the countryside than there are in London.

About 8% of the population live in the countryside. Lets say 10%, which
is 6 million. The countryside is empty. 60 million people live in 24
million "dwellings". 24 million dwellings sit on approx 4.4 million
acres (7.7% of the land).

Over 90% of the population now live in urbanised areas, the second
highest percentage in Europe, leaving the countryside virtually empty.
This crams near 55 million of the population into around 7% of the
land, which is only 4.2 million acres out of a UK total of 60 million
acres. 60 million people own just 6% of the land. 0.3% of the
population own 69% of the land.

The prime country industry, agriculture is largely uneconomic. It is
cheaper to import food. The planning regs are geared to give a
lifestyle to these people, while planning in cities creates misery for
many. Their industry is subsidised to the hilt.

And about 75% of the people who live in the countryside are city
dwellers who have moved out and ow protest vociferously about relaxing
planning laws ti enable more people to do the same.
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hugh