EU Nutjobs - Thankfully I will not be running a business by 2050

[An Oasis]

Siim Kallas, the EU transport commission, insisted that Brussels directives and new taxation of fuel would be used to force people out of their cars and onto "alternative" means of transport.




"That means no more conventionally fuelled cars in our city centres," he said. "Action will follow, legislation, real action to change behaviour."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8411336/EU-to-ban-cars-from-cities-by-2050.html

"I suggest that he goes and finds himself a space in the local mental asylum," said Hugh Bladon, a spokesman for the BDA.

Imagine the queue, that's one huge asylum.

 

[Esk247]

Well they may be nutters but they're effective nutters.

People are already being forced out of their cars and on to public..oh wait no there is no public transport.

No joined up thinking is there.

It's going to be like Mad Max by 2050.

 

[julie001]

UK Transport Minister Norman Baker responded:

"We will not be banning cars from city centres anymore than we will be having rectangular bananas".

Good for him!

 

[luvbusiness]

It's going to be like Mad Max by 2050.

Ive got my souped up car and black leathers ready

 

[silvermusic]

I doubt they'll be any oil left by 2050 for "conventionally fuelled cars". I also doubt I'll be around in 2050 to worry about it anyway.

 

[Esk247]

I doubt they'll be any oil left by 2050 for "conventionally fuelled cars". I also doubt I'll be around in 2050 to worry about it anyway.

which begs the question...what are the oil companies going to use to rape our bank accounts in the future?

 

[silvermusic]

which begs the question...what are the oil companies going to use to rape our bank accounts in the future?

Quite frankly I couldn't care less, I'll be long dead and buried.

Harsh but true.

 

[chasingunicorns]

Hmmm...just remind me, exactly what benefits do we derive from being part of the EU? I have a pen and postage stamp ready to write down the answers...

 

[KateCB]

You won't need a whole postage stamp........

 

[Esk247]

The EU are good for certain B2B and trade agreements etc. As well as sharing data information and joint scientific projects, however, the cost of all of this seriously needs looking at. It's the waste that gets me. I don't mind paying huge amounts in tax if we reap the benefits, i just don't see us reaping anything other than inflated prices at the moment.

It's not like i can hark back to the old days in black and white..i'm only 24 and already the country has changed massively in the last decade..not always for the better. (NOTE there have been some advances in technology, health, science, business blah blah but in other areas we have taken huge steps backwards).

 

[astutiumRob]

We will not be banning cars from city centres

Why would they want to, when they can steal another £10 out of your pocket everyday !

 

[mangetouterodney]

This is a quote from Monsieur Whatshisname's Press release today :-

"Transport 2050 is a roadmap for a competitive transport sector that increases mobility and cuts emissions. We can and we must do both. The widely held belief that you need to cut mobility to fight climate change is simply not true. Competitive transport systems are vital for Europe's ability to compete in the world, for economic growth, job creation and for peoples' everyday quality of life. Curbing mobility is not an option; neither is business as usual. We can break the transport system's dependence on oil without sacrificing its efficiency and compromising mobility. It can be win–win."

What is not reported is exactly how we can maintain let alone increase mobility [ congestion charge anyone ?] plus cut emissions without introducing new technology that so far as I can tell does not yet exist and certainly not to the extent that it needs to to provide any real alternative for the majority of us.[See below]

Part of me thinks this is just another version of the now rather tired Labour/leftist/environmentalist argument in favour of "integrated [public] transport sytems" - which none of them could ever design and which never materialised.It never materialised because it was never viable - just a political pipedream.Nobody but nobody lives within walking distance (still less a single bus ride of their work any more.How many Council workers do ???

If you drive from city to city during the day for business rather than just to go shopping you will see how much of this country's business depends on transport.That means cars - vans and HGVs.Plus unleade and diesel.

On the other hand maybe this is a good time to read up on how to breed very strong and very fast horses

 

[mangetouterodney]

This is a quote from Monsieur Whatshisname's Press release today :-

"Transport 2050 is a roadmap for a competitive transport sector that increases mobility and cuts emissions. We can and we must do both. The widely held belief that you need to cut mobility to fight climate change is simply not true. Competitive transport systems are vital for Europe's ability to compete in the world, for economic growth, job creation and for peoples' everyday quality of life. Curbing mobility is not an option; neither is business as usual. We can break the transport system's dependence on oil without sacrificing its efficiency and compromising mobility. It can be win-win."

What is not reported is exactly how we can maintain let alone increase mobility [ congestion charge anyone ?] plus cut emissions without introducing new technology that so far as I can tell does not yet exist and certainly not to the extent that it needs to to provide any real alternative for the majority of us.[See below]

Part of me thinks this is just another version of the now rather tired Labour/leftist/environmentalist argument in favour of "integrated [public] transport sytems" - which none of them could ever design and which never materialised.It never materialised because it was never viable - just a political pipedream.Nobody but nobody lives within walking distance (still less a single bus ride of their work any more.How many Council workers do ???

If you drive from city to city during the day for business rather than just to go shopping you will see how much of this country's business depends on transport.That means cars - vans and HGVs.Plus unleaded and diesel.

On the other hand maybe this is a good time to read up on how to breed very strong and very fast horses