Caporegime
25% of GDP but who brings in the logistics. It certainly doesn't come from London
.I would quite happily dump my load in Hemmel or Hatfield and leave it there for Londoners to collect. Believe me.
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London pollution & ULEZ
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25% of GDP but who brings in the logistics. It certainly doesn't come from London
.I would quite happily dump my load in Hemmel or Hatfield and leave it there for Londoners to collect. Believe me.
Caporegime
It's more about how much money (probably MP investments) is tied up in commercial property.
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because ICE cars never set on fire....?Electric cars demonstrating zero emissions.
Ameland rescue: Crew jump off ship ablaze with cargo of 3,000 cars
One person died as fire took hold of the ship as it burned off the Dutch island of Ameland.www.bbc.co.uk
BBC finds police BMWs at risk of exploding still on the roads
PC Nick Dumphreys' widow Kathryn says cars being used with the fault that killed him are "not safe".
www.bbc.co.uk
has the boat fire even been confirmed as being caused by an EV or was it yet more anti EV FUD before inevitable backtracking ?
don't get me wrong... EV batter fires are an issue and hell the battery in my EV is worse than most. but that said EV batteries can be made to be much better than some of them are.
pressure definitely needs to be put on companies which make dodgy batteries (LG are you listening)
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because ICE cars never set on fire....?
BBC finds police BMWs at risk of exploding still on the roads
PC Nick Dumphreys' widow Kathryn says cars being used with the fault that killed him are "not safe".www.bbc.co.uk
has the boat fire even been confirmed as being caused by an EV or was it yet more anti EV FUD before inevitable backtracking ?
don't get me wrong... EV batter fires are an issue and hell the battery in my EV is worse than most. but that said EV batteries can be made to be much better than some of them are.
pressure definitely needs to be put on companies which make dodgy batteries (LG are you listening)
Nope, just complete speculation at this point!
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I just had an email from Heathrow about it now being in the ULEZ zone.
I find that ludicrous to be honest, as the planes taking off and landing are going to be putting out far more CO2 in to the atmosphere than any car that might travel there.
And I say this as an EZ driver, with zero emissions.
I find that ludicrous to be honest, as the planes taking off and landing are going to be putting out far more CO2 in to the atmosphere than any car that might travel there.
And I say this as an EZ driver, with zero emissions.
That's going to get a lot of unsuspecting drivers a fine.
Caporegime
Not if they put a ULEZ charge on the planes each time they land,taxi or take off!
But seriously,don't a lot of taxi firms use diesel vehicles? That will be interesting.
Soldato
The funny thing is a handful of coffee shops actually opened around here during the last two years because of WFH demand, in an area where hospitality workers can plausibly afford to live near (or at least relatively speaking compared to central London). So really it was just Pret's specific attachment to central that we're trying to prop up.
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I think displacement is going the other way, currently
I think you are mistaken. London is gradually sinking. Indeed thanks to isostatic rebound in the north, the whole of southern England is sinking. That's not to say that it will sink below sea level, but lots of England is perilously low-lying and the sea levels are supposed to be rising as well...
Caporegime
The ULEZ is not about CO2 emissions.
Soldato
HSBC has already blinked because prime property is expensive and a massive liability if you don't actually need it. So it's looking a bit like a house of cards already, can't imagine it'll take long for another to follow suit.
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Nitrogen Oxides then.
In pretty sure planes put out lots of those on the Landing and takeoff cycle.
I think he means it's about money rather than specific gases and pollutants (which I agree with).
the end -> Congestion zone expansion will be next, which, itself , will soon encompass all vehicle types.
BBC ignoring the counter argument&facts that Khan's interpretation of the pollution reduction is not supported by facts - as Susan Hall Khan's oponent re-iterated in interview r4@1
BBC ignoring the counter argument&facts that Khan's interpretation of the pollution reduction is not supported by facts - as Susan Hall Khan's oponent re-iterated in interview r4@1
Nah the London hookers are quite good even inside ULEZ.
Soldato
Just need everyone to unite in refusing to pay. Completely clog the system up and bring it to a grinding halt.
Caporegime
Not if they put a ULEZ charge on the planes each time they land,taxi or take off!
But seriously,don't a lot of taxi firms use diesel vehicles? That will be interesting.
A pilots licence costs around £15k for a small plane. Cheaper than buying a ULEZ compliant vehicle. Then just need to find a group of willing people to plane share the costs of a Cessna of some description.
I don't know if it is pure tabloid nonsense but iirc there was something going around that there isn't enough vans on sale to replace non compliant ones so tradesmen will just be passing on the cost to the people living inside the new zone or simply not bother going in anymore at all.
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Soldato
They should just call it the "just stop just stop oil tax". If people don't pay it they'll just let them on the road.
Yeah it will be like when you accidentally forget to mention that the venue you want to hire is for a wedding, like a dirty word.
Sorry sir did you say you live inside ULEZ? Oh, let me get you the ULEZ price list.