I realise you're being facetious, but yes, there are almost certainly more people on the planet who do not shop in central Birmingham than who do
My mate says I am polluting
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I realise you're being facetious, but yes, there are almost certainly more people on the planet who do not shop in central Birmingham than who do
Nothing to do with being inconvenient. It would be more convenient to be able to drive to the closer location, however we're being financially incentivised to create more pollution, ironically by supposed anti-pollution measures
Edit: agree with your reaction to this post. It's almost as if the government/local council have put in a half baked scheme with no forward planning or consideration of the indirect consequences, but of course our great and glorious leaders would never do such a thing... (jesus christ, it's hard to even type that while keeping a straight face)
Careful, too much iron-y is bad for your system! The government/local council will soon be implementing an irony tax as just another way to steel money from you
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Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! Heart!
GO PLANET!
With your powers combined I am Captain Planet!
Captain Planet, he's our hero,
Gonna take pollution down to zero,
He's our powers magnified,
And he's fighting on the planet's side
Captain Planet, he's our hero,
Gonna take pollution down to zero,
Gonna help him put asunder,
Bad guys who like to loot and plunder
"You'll pay for this Captain Planet!"
We're the planeteers,
You can be one too!
'Cause saving our planet is the thing to do,
Looting and polluting is not the way,
Hear what Captain Planet has to say:
"THE POWER IS YOURS!!"
GO PLANET!
With your powers combined I am Captain Planet!
Captain Planet, he's our hero,
Gonna take pollution down to zero,
He's our powers magnified,
And he's fighting on the planet's side
Captain Planet, he's our hero,
Gonna take pollution down to zero,
Gonna help him put asunder,
Bad guys who like to loot and plunder
"You'll pay for this Captain Planet!"
We're the planeteers,
You can be one too!
'Cause saving our planet is the thing to do,
Looting and polluting is not the way,
Hear what Captain Planet has to say:
"THE POWER IS YOURS!!"
I always felt sorry for the poor kid who got the "heart" ring. His mates get the power to conjure up 1,000mph winds, monsoon rains and 100m high tidal waves, spew forth flame from their fingertips and rupture the very ground beneath their feet with a mere thought. He gets... "Heart"
I always felt sorry for the poor kid who got the "heart" ring. His mates get the power to conjure up 1,000mph winds, monsoon rains and 100m high tidal waves, spew forth flame from their fingertips and rupture the very ground beneath their feet with a mere thought. He gets... "Heart"
Ha yes. Heart sucked ass!
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Home delivery. You’re not polluting and (if/when big businesses become serious about pollution) neither will they 
I finding the new restrictions causing more traffic.
There are areas cars can not drive down but once we're allowed too.
With all the restrictions I just refuse to buy anything locally.
I haven't been to any local shops since the end of covid, I drive out of London
it also made me realise how bad London is when I visit these towns. I am in the process of relocating with a good possibility of leaving the UK.
I recently did a survey for my council, I told them with all the traffic restrictions which can caused more traffic. I will no long shop in the borough.
I will drive to more consumer friendly borough.
I also told them I planning to move out of the area because of the ridiculous traffic management.
I no longer see any point paying council tax to a borough that has caused an incredible amount of traffic over that last 2 years.
Seriously, they have done some really crazy traffic planning, since their new idea the traffic does not move.
I really hope that this hits the local high street even more, and retailers move out. Also hope that people that work move out leaving those that do not pay CT.
Nope, Interest in home delivery to many issues and time wasting. Prefer to do it my self rather than get something home delivered.Home delivery. You’re not polluting and (if/when big businesses become serious about pollution) neither will they
Sick Of things going missing and having to go down this long winded process of getting my money back.
If home delivery is time wasting you're doing it wrong. That's the whole frickin' point of it! You don't need to wander around a shop. Literally never had anything go missing.
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Well he's right you are polluting, not sure if thats the response you wanted to hear. Mind you I can understand the argument about local shops vs others I shop in the big sainsburys miles away rather than the local co-op my excuse is I visit sainsburys on the way home from work because I drive pass it everyday and the co-op is chav central
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Delivery never arriving , delivery given to someone else when you been at home waiting for it.
Well come to London, you see that missing is common when it comes to deliveries.
Paying extra to get it delivered by hand to your door, they never follow what's written down.
Ordered many times company specific tells deliver not to leave elsewhere.
Surely the constant stop start driving in London results in MORE pollution vs driving out of town to shop somewhere less congested. Also if your car is ULEZ compliant then it adheres to a certain standard anyway for emissions, so that should be factored in.
What do you do when you’re stocking up on ingredients for the burger van? Do you text your suppliers on WhatsApp to say you’ll be round to pick stuff up, or do they deliver? Are they local and have you considered your carbon footprint?
Somewhere someone cares, but as it is here, no one cares.
There is enough space for cars. What they are doing is reducing the space, and in some areas increasing the population density.
Last night I saw an ambulance take 90mins to travel down great western road.
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I kindly disagree. And it's all the cars stopping the ambulance getting to its destination, any other interpretation is just mental gymnastics.
I know that feeling! Would you rather be in a city though? Nope.