On 26/02/18 13:31, Chris Bartram wrote:
Of course not, but then a public transport system should be an
integrated system that subsidises itself, not a loose, uncoordinated
collection of companies heavily reliant on public subsidy.

Why?

This is mere cant


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On 26/02/18 13:31, Chris Bartram wrote:
Of course not, but then a public transport system should be an
integrated system that subsidises itself, not a loose, uncoordinated
collection of companies heavily reliant on public subsidy.

Why?

This is mere cant

Thanks for confirming you have no notion of public services. I assume you
went private for all your medical treatment?

Or are you just being two faced again?

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Vir Campestris wrote:
On 24/02/2018 13:34, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
But then Broon made quite a good job of balancing the books. Rather better
than those afterwards.

This is the same Broon who looked at the pension system, and decided
that as it was creaking a little he'd make a minor adjustment that would
increase tax by 5 billion a year?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/apr/02/politics.money

Since when the Final Salary pension has become pretty much extinct
outside taxpayer funded schemes.

Thought the point was balancing the books of the country? Not how any
taxation affect some?

After all, the Tory way seems to be reduce taxation (for some)
Yes the low earners have seen their tax reduced substantially whereas
the take from top earners has actually gone up.
and ignore
balancing the books.

Being done steadily or would you rather we had Greek style austerity?
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On 26/02/2018 11:11, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Thought the point was balancing the books of the country? Not how any
taxation affect some?

After all, the Tory way seems to be reduce taxation (for some) and ignore
balancing the books.

Brown increased taxation for some (primarily the private sector) and
left it alone for others.

This is no less unfair than selective cuts.

Andy

On 22/02/2018 17:02, dennis@home wrote:
On 22/02/2018 12:44, Chris Bartram wrote:


Even if we accept that other cars may pollute less than a VAG vehicle,
they still pollute more, per person, than mass transit.

That is only true during rush hour as large buses/trains with a few
passengers on pollute more/passenger mile than cars do.


Why should the people living near the power stations put up with the
**** chucked out to run the tube? Its probably more than cars to move
the same number of people.
Pollution is easier to deal with at a single point (like a power
station) than thousands of mobile points (like car exhausts).

So why don't they then?
Most modern cars emit so little pollution that you can breath it in all
day. However some older cars emit so much you can't see. I have just had
my car MOT and it emits virtually zero pollution, its less than 1% of
the legal limits on all the tests. Some VWs emit hundreds of times the
legal limits.

The MOT test doesn't test NOx emissions.