ACT ON CO2 CLIMATE SCAM ?
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brossen99
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I happened to wonder into the ACT ON CO2 energy saving trips for car drivers from a link on a 1996 article of mine pointing out the extra fuel wasted by traffic calming on drivers.com. It would appear that the IPPC is not the only government alleged eco organization using anecdotes or false propaganda from magazine articles.
" Slow down! A recent study commissioned by What Car? Magazine showed that the average car consumes 38 per cent more fuel at 70mph than it does over the same distance at 50mph. At 60mph it uses 34 per cent more than at 40mph. The average driver travelling at 90mph on a motorway will spend £1.20 more on fuel every eight minutes than a driver travelling at 70mph. The 90mph driver will have travelled farther in that time but will still be spending 40 per cent more per mile than the 70mph driver."
As an extremely well qualified automotive engineer I can assure you that the above paragraph is complete motor industry propaganda aimed at costing the motorist more in the long run.
It would appear that Act on CO2 has swallowed all the misleading propaganda and reproduced it on their web site covering driving technique. There are actually sites out there which suggest the true way to save fuel, driving as Act on CO2 suggest won't save anything, just reduce the life of your engine.
Some of you may have seen various articles on alleged " eco driving " and not being a trained automotive engineer like myself probably taken it all in like a toilet. Perhaps ACT ON CO2's greatest sin is the advice given is to change up at 2500 Rpm ( 2000 in a diesel ) which is completely misleading.
An internal combustion engine is at its most efficient at the Rpm where maximum torque occurs. This can be gleaned from the owners handbook and the economy trick is to select a gear which comes close to the said Rpm at your desired target speed. An engine will " sup juice like a fish " at any RPM significantly below maximum torque whilst at moderate ( 1000 ) Rpm above maximum torque Rpm fuel consumption does not increase significantly.
Don't worry if you don't have the handbook, it turns out that in most cases 30 Mph in third gear comes close enough to the maximum torque of your engine. Don't go into 4th unless you are doing at the very least 40 Mph, similarly don't use 5th until doing at least 50. Do around 60 Mph wherever you can legally and of course more importantly don't infringe Newton's laws of Motion around corners, on the 10% +2 Mph plod rule you can theoretically do 68 anyway.
The theory that creeping around at 40 saves fuel is complete nonsense in my long experience, its all about work done times efficiency ( only 30% ) times time taken.
The real measure of fuel consumption is grammes per kilowatt hour not Mpg, the longer it takes you to get there the more fuel you will use. Sir Frank Whittle knew this when he perceived the jet engine. It works out that the most efficient average speed for a modern motor vehicle is close to 60 Mph, after that air resistance starts to come into play.
However, dependent on vehicle design air resistance can fall as the vehicle goes faster and builds up its own near perfect streamlining so true 70 on the motorway is not an efficiency problem in such a case. ( most car speedo's read 10% fast ). If you need to calibrate your speedo follow a lorry on the motorway at a accurately limited fuel inefficient 56 Mph. Fuel consumption for 38 tonne tankers running from Lancashire to Glasgow and back on nights increased from 9 Mpg to 7 Mpg on the introduction of speed limiters during the 1990s
Furthermore, if you chug around at 40 Mph in top gear carbon deposits are likely to build up in your engine leading to reduced fuel efficiency over time. Similarly, if you have a turbo its life is likely to be significantly reduced driving at low Rpm over a period, start black smoking and fail the MoT. Driving on full throttle in too high a gear risks blowing the head gasket not to mention unnecessary stress on the crankshaft bearings and connecting rods.
As an integral part of " the motor industry " it is highly probable that What Car will attempt to increase business for other motor industry cartel members.
It would appear that the energy saving information on Act on CO2 is just as much a scam as the rest of the Climate Change quasi-religion.
Left this bit out of the original but ACT ON CO2 also attempt to portray that opening your window ( over 50 ) to keep cool in summer uses more fuel due to " increased drag " than using your air conditioning. If this were the case an average family car travelling at 70 Mph would physically slow down the moment you opened the window. Air conditioning can use up to 15% of your engines power and therefore contribute similarly to increased fuel consumption.
I believe that Clarkson was pushing this story on Top Gear, but then in more recent times it has always been a comedy programme !
Cycling Casualties
Posted by brossen99
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Its a long time ( 1993 ) since I was a wagon driver now but I would like to publicize some of my experiences with particularly the lycra clad toe clip professional ( fully paid up eco-fascist leaning type ) cyclists. One favourite trick was to come up level with the tractor unit drive axle ( right in your impossible blind spot ) and then cling onto the tautliner straps to save taking their feet out of their toe clips. You could only see them once you had moved off, themselves wobbling as they let go after an initial tow as far as they dare. It should be unlawful to overtake a goods vehicle on the nearside like it was in Australia back in 1987 when I was out there. Trailers were clearly make " no overtaking " on the nearside, anybody who got squashed undertaking was laughed at by the traffic police. Its all about education really, I would always get as close as possible to the nearside kerb to prevent any cyclist sneaking up your nearside and trying to race you. Now they are theoretically given a green light to do this potentially dangerous practice with some cycle lanes at traffic lights.
Another favourite trick of the lycra uniformed potential eco-fascists was to race you to the narrow bit, then relax and slow down at least 5 Mph. This causes unnecessary fuel wastage and the resultant extra pollution from all HGV's and buses, perhaps to a point where the alleged eco-friendly cyclist actually generates more pollution on his journey than what he would have personally emitted had he caught the bus instead.
Of course the pollution aspect has vastly increased since the introduction of " traffic calming " measures like pedestrian refuge islands, build outs from the kerb on a one wide road perfectly safe for cyclists except the potential hazard of parked cars. If anyone had deliberately set out to design death traps for cyclist it is doubtful that they could have made a better job than traffic calming.
Its the lycra uniformed eco-fascists who cause the bulk of potential danger on our urban roads, civilian pleasure cyclists are hardly ever a problem. Likewise on fast trunk roads, all cyclists should be allowed to use the almost totally deserted footpaths for safety and promoting smooth traffic flow. In towns specific cycle routes running virtually parallel to main routes should be cleared of parked cars on at least one side of the road. It wont be popular with residents but it will save both lives and pollution.
Road Fuel Efficiency ?
Posted by brossen99
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" Slow down! A recent study commissioned by What Car? Magazine showed that the average car consumes 38 per cent more fuel at 70 Mph than it does over the same distance at 50mph. At 60mph it uses 34 per cent more than at 40mph. The average driver travelling at 90mph on a motorway will spend £1.20 more on fuel every eight minutes than a driver travelling at 70mph. The 90mph driver will have travelled farther in that time but will still be spending 40 per cent more per mile than the 70mph driver."
As an extremely well qualified automotive engineer I can assure you that the above paragraph is complete motor industry propaganda aimed at costing the motorist more in the long run.
Some of you may have seen various articles on alleged " eco driving " and not being a trained automotive engineer like myself probably taken it all in like a toilet. Perhaps the greatest sin is the advice given is to change up at 2500 Rpm ( 2000 in a diesel ) which is completely misleading. An internal combustion engine is at its most efficient at the Rpm where maximum torque occurs. This can be gleaned from the owners handbook and the economy trick is to select a gear which comes close to the said Rpm at your desired target speed. An engine will " sup juice like a fish " at any RPM significantly below maximum torque whilst at moderate ( 1000 ) Rpm above maximum torque Rpm fuel consumption does not increase significantly.
The theory that creeping around at 40 saves fuel is complete nonsense in my long practical experience, its all about work done times efficiency ( only 30% ) times time taken. 70% of the fuel is used just keeping the engine at operating temperature and lost through the exhaust.
Miles per Gallon is not a true measure of fuel consumption. The true measure is grams per kilowatt hour, as used by transport engine manufacturers. The total amount of time under power is the factor which determines Mpg. Almost all internal combustion engines are most efficient at or near full load. This is because the heat lost through cooling and the exhaust is almost constant under any load condition.
The fuel consumption of a vehicle is a bit like trying to fetch water in a bucket with a significant hole in it. The longer it takes you to get from A to B the more fuel you will use, or in the case of the water in the bucket the faster you get there you will have more left at the destination. Sir Frank Whittle knew this when he perceived the jet engine. In practice it works out that the most efficient average speed for a modern motor vehicle is close to 60 Mph, after that air resistance starts to come into play.
However, dependent on vehicle design air resistance can fall as the vehicle goes faster and builds up its own near perfect streamlining so true 70 on the motorway is not an efficiency problem in such a case. ( most car speedo's read 10% fast ). If you need to calibrate your speedo follow a lorry on the motorway at a accurately limited fuel inefficient 56 Mph. Fuel consumption for 38 tonne tankers running from Lancashire to Glasgow and back on nights increased from 9 Mpg to 7 Mpg on the introduction of speed limiters during the 1990s. Of course other factors than air resistance come into play like the now inability to store momentum running at hills, but apart from the Lune gorge at Lancaster little opportunity for this exists on the road north loaded.
A 1980s OU programme I watched several times outlined that all you need to do for aerodynamic stability is to round the corners off on a square van. My practical experience tends to bear this out, my Seddon Atki 400 with 265L RR Eagle and 13 foot 7 inch tautliner was a good education. It seemed to take you ages to accelerate upwards from 50, then at about 57 it was just like falling through an invisible wall and you were soon doing close to 70. Just like the OU programme said, a vehicle will build up its own streamlining as speed increases.
My 2006 1000cc Kia is no better in fuel consumption or performance than my " tweaked " 1989 1000cc Metro, admittedly running on leaded petrol. Perhaps the greatest unnecessary modern polluter is air conditioning, out in Aussie in 1987-88 it was said that you needed a 1600 Toyota Corolla with air conditioning to get the same performance as a 1300 without it.
Don't have AC on my Kia, no point in this country and all that complete bullshit they put out about driving with the window down causing a significant increase in fuel consumption doesn't stand scrutiny. The whole vehicle aerodynamics quasi-religion is complete claptrap, in the late 1970s we were told to ignore it as negligible in any motion calculation.
Furthermore, if you chug around at 40 Mph in top gear carbon deposits are likely to build up in your engine leading to reduced fuel efficiency over time. Similarly, if you have a turbo its life is likely to be significantly reduced driving at low Rpm over a period, start black smoking and fail the MoT. Driving on full throttle in too high a gear risks blowing the head gasket not to mention unnecessary stress on the crankshaft bearings and connecting rods.
As an integral part of " the motor industry " it is highly probable that What Car ( reliant on corporate advertising ) will attempt to increase business for other motor industry cartel members.
It must now be clear to any political observers that Gordon Brown is the puppet of the Corporate Nazi stock market parasites. Likewise Alistair Darling ( nee Panda ) who would appear to be committed to the Corporate Nazi ideology of expanding and sustaining a virtual welfare state for the stock market parasites. Tough on alleged Incapacity Benefit cheats but no action to curb the embezzlement of billions by the " socially useless " section of financial markets as recently identified by Lord Turner. Darling is attempting to portray that a cap on bonuses will be avoided through higher basic salaries. The obvious solution is to heavily tax all derivatives trades, but with Obama scared of assassination the Corporate Nazi's have him as their puppet also, so no chance of a global deal.
Of course it will be no better under the Tories despite the Osborne rhetoric on tougher city regulation. Perhaps its convenient to dump the FSA now that its head is no longer " ideologically pure ", of course Boris has to object to a cap on bonuses as they are mostly in the interest of his main political sponsors. Farage's response is typical of a party funded by the likes of hedge funds, meanwhile Vince Cable is perhaps conveniently practicing the art of not being seen.
Wind Farm Folly
Posted by brossen99
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Despite it's past propaganda mission on " the environment " perhaps the Indy is conveniently failing to mention the extra 8% " Private VAT " ( 15% if you include the current 7% ) on domestic energy bills to pay for even more wind farms to stand idle for 75% of the time by 2020. This foolish policy is likely to lead to regular power cuts making Britain reminiscent of a third world country.
Of course the spin doctors have managed to massage the figure so that the increase is only a theoretical 100 quid if you are fortunate enough to have heavy insulation. Of course you must first pay for cavity wall insulation etc of which there is good evidence that it makes your house damp. Rots all your floorboards allegedly, perhaps leaving your house technically unfit for human habitation so you have to buy a " new " one at inflated prices.
The whole of environment policy relating to climate change is obviously a massive investment scam ( 150bn ) and of course the Corporate Nazi stock market parasite CBI support the policy in principle. Britain's only wind farm turbine maker has just closed down so the stock market parasites can scam even more changing money on the imported infrastructure.
Of course we are promised " green jobs " but that's no use to those who will loose their jobs as traditional manufacturing becomes more expensive due to artificially inflated energy costs. The FT predicts that business energy costs will increase 17% over the next few years. The government claims that a record number of people have come off JSA but that probably consists of those who have been claiming for the maximum permitted period of six months.
Perhaps this sums up our EU and UK government stance on basic human rights like being able to afford to keep warm, dry and have a full belly.
The Corporate Nazi's have turned " science " into a quasi-religion these day's. It would be interesting to discover just how many of the alleged scientists who support man made global warming theory are actually in debt to an amount equivalent to their projected life income. Of course the " Banks " can turn round and say if you do not support the Corporate Multinational Cartel position on climate change we will call in the loans. ( this principle also applies to alleged " green " politicians )
As usual the trail invariably leads back to the stock market parasites looking to make a " quick buck " from liquidating and then asset stripping any UK business made uneconomic by increased energy charges. Then the stock market parasites can make even more changing money exporting the assets to countries not so foolish enough to artificially inflate their own energy costs.
Whatever the scam the trail always leads back to the Corporate Nazi stock market parasites, take the offensive in Afghanistan for instance. I suspect that various troops have expended vastly more than the usual amount of ammo recently, perhaps explaining why mining stocks are doing so well over the past week. Politicians squealing for more helicopters even though they didn't help the Russians, potential for even more sad deaths if they can shoot down several men with one " good " shot. Perhaps the British are loosing the " hearts and minds " battle due to the probability that the CMC ( and their top executives ) have embezzled most of the reconstruction budget.
Jobs for Under 25's ?
Posted by brossen99
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Gordon Browns pledge to find work or training for all unemployed for a year people under 25 looks pretty commendable on face value, but do the wheels come off when you look at the probable detail.
Even though well educated, a 19 year old unemployed friend of mine was offered a part time job cleaning at some DIY store, only about 15 hours a week and of course through a parasitic employment agency. His projected weekly wage came out at less than his 50 quid a week dole, and when you take into account traveling costs ( be it only shoe leather ) virtual slavery. I believe that after thinking about it he gave back word on the job, not worth starting since he was hoping to go into further education in September.
Browns jobs for the under 25's plan will give the parasitic employment agencies the license to destroy full time cleaning jobs ( and the like ) once open to people of all ages and divide them up into part time packages to exploit the under 25's. It is patently obvious that the full rate minimum wage will be undermined, real businesses won't gain anything because the employment agencies will be charging them well over the odds for employing people direct.
Once again Brown is promoting a welfare state for the stock market parasites, perhaps likely to be defeated Labour MP's are angling for jobs on the board of employment agencies after the next election.
Thatcher's 1980s bus privatisation and deregulation has turned out to be a complete disaster for the bus customer. Although new and often extra mini-bus services were originally introduced, these these were soon withdrawn as uneconomic. Since then ( despite the fact that fuel tax can be reclaimed for timetabled services ) many services have been withdrawn. Only public subsidy keeps many of the more rural / urban services operating. This contraction in services may be in part due to the relatively high fares, it was cheaper to haul a ton of dry stone to our nearest town than the single bus fare.
We have now reached a stage where local councils subsidize almost all bus routes except those between major towns. Once upon a time private operators internally subsidised less popular routes, the main routes are very lucrative. Although I have not been familiar with bus operations recently, back in 1991 I spent six months working in a bus garage. It was quite common for the rush hour 225 service between Clitheroe and Bolton to take £280 for the three hour round trip. Even the most off peak services took over £60, about the same as a six wheel wagon with 15 tons of tarmac and turn a profit.
There are many factors in the current rip-off scenario of the bus operators. Take disabled access for public transport for instance, looked pretty good on face value, but it was just another excuse to force disabled people to work, when implemented would artificially inflate the fares, you could only get three disabled access buses for the cost of four conventional ones. The idiots chaining themselves to the front of conventional buses were well organized and must of had funding from somewhere ( probably stock market parasites ), the media always knew where they would strike. It was a bit of a bent deal all round, John Ried ( the minister responsible ) had a son working as an executive for one of the big two national bus operators who wanted an excuse to invest in a new fleet considering that their engineering staff were incapable of looking after the old ones properly. Local authorities were engaging in " Quality Bus Partnerships " offering the bus companies money and favors like new bus lanes, they said nothing about the increases in fares. Its possible that the extra interest payments on the new investment could have funded a 24 hour door to door free dial up taxi service to anywhere in the UK for everyone claiming Disability Living Allowance, not only that but you could have taken two able bodied friends with you.
As for the alleged environmental benefits, forcing people to buy new vehicles early is likely to increase overall emissions, and its probable that air quality in London is far worse than it need be because of the extensive introduction of traffic calming. It is a classic case of " there was an old woman who swallowed a fly " policy. There was nothing so green and sustainable as the Routemaster bus, but like with the railways, Thatcher shut the main workshops.
Even with the workshops, the extra stresses imposed on the coach built body of the Routemaster by traffic calming on some routes would have made maintenance costs prohibitive. The introduction traffic calming wrecked a whole generation of coach built buses built in the late seventies - early eighties. The only people who gained financially from the introduction of traffic calming were the stock market parasites who funded the early replacement of vehicles. There was a temporary boom in the bus building industry, but now many of the companies have gone forever and the skilled jobs lost.
The proof that there is another way of doing things comes from Pennine Motor Services a small private and always independent even during NBC times bus operator. Pennine operate services in the Craven area of North Yorkshire with routes from Skipton to Ingleton via Settle and to Burnley over the Lancs / Yorks border. Back in the 1980s their standard workhorse was the Leyland Leopard ( coach ) but they did buy three small wheel modern vehicles to run the Burnley service in about 1989. These soon shook to pieces, handled badly in slippery conditions ( probably due to the small wheels ), were heavy on maintenance so they got rid of them and replaced them with Mk2 Leyland Nationals of early 1980s vintage. I am informed that their fares are lower and the buses faster than their competitors on the Burnley route.
The big question is where do we go from here, it is alleged that 50% of bus services are already covered by a government subsidy. We need to go the whole way and regulate the entire system in order that passengers and council taxpayers can benefit from big profits on the more popular routes. Bus operators would become virtual haulage contractors to the local authority and a true competitive market would ensure costs were kept down.
The local council would collect all the fares, perhaps using a system which was in operation in Adelaide ( South Australia ) as long ago as 1987. Bus tickets could be bought at local shops as well as on the bus itself and were widely available. There were two types of ticket, standard which lasted an hour from the time you validated it on the first bus caught and could be used again within that time on any bus you changed to. A more expensive day ticket valid after 9:30 am was just what it said on the box, the tickets were similar to the old Victorian type railway tickets, thin cardboard with simple magnetic strip on the back. Not easy to lose or accidentally destroy like some paper tickets, no need for potentially expensive elaborate microchip based tickets. If people suspect that someone is tracking their every movement it could put some people off using public transport.
Local authorities would be responsible for all route planning and timetables and perhaps this could be done better on a regional basis. All major routes could be covered by at least one bus per hour between 6:00 am and midnight, on busy sections with buses every 15 minutes or less you could virtually throw away any formal timetable especially at rush hour. The aim would be to provide a bus at least every 20 minutes in the more densely populated areas. Park and ride schemes need to be developed along with direct fast limited stop services to the major towns like Manchester. The ultimate thing to do is fully integrate rail services on a single ticketing system but that would probably need nationalization of all passenger transport. However, it may be possible with thoughtful regulation at less total expense to the public ?
Traffic Calming = Toll Roads
Posted by brossen99
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I have been following the development of potential Toll Roads ever since during the 1990s when I deduced that road safety was being used as an excuse to obstruct any alternatives. All three main parties are keen to demonstrate just how green they are and combating Global Warming. However, they all appear to support the continued introduction of traffic calming, ( mini-roundabouts etc. ) which increases carbon dioxide emissions by at least 50%, likewise 20 Mph Zones ( without humps or chicanes ) which add to emissions by 10%. The nastier potentially toxic pollutants linked with Astma are doubled by traffic calming. It could be said that traffic calming is a greater risk to public health than latent asbestos or passive smoking ?
The alleged road safety benefits are less than clear, heavily traffic calmed Burnley reported a 44% reduction in child deaths over the past seven years, yet Ribble Valley with minimal traffic calming also reported a fall of 42% despite being far away from any A&E department. The reduction in road deaths is a good thing, but may be mostly due to better paramedic ambulance services and now the air ambulance service. Better medical provision was introduced alongside traffic calming, it may be wrong to give traffic calming all the credit when its contribution may be minimal. I believe that casualties have been cut by 15% in the Borough of Barnet since they ripped out existing traffic calming, casualties for cyclists dropped by twice the London average.
It would appear that traffic calming has become a TB infested sacred cow for the eco-fascist leaning groups who were originally and still campaign for its introduction. It would appear that the eco-fascists cling to traffic calming in the belief that divers will be " irritated " out of their cars and use the train, at least a few anyway. If anyone had deliberately set out to design death traps for cyclists its doubtful whether they could have made a better job of it than traffic calming.
Getting back to Toll Roads, take the Ribble Valley for example, there were once two national speed limit routes into Preston, the direct A59 and through Longridge. The Longridge route now has a 40 Mph speed limit when it was safe to do 50 on most of the route. Similarly, the old A59 alternative route to the Whalley-Clitheroe by-pass has had the limit cut to 40 from 60, and many 40 sections have been reduced to an often ridiculous 30. I suspect that the busses struggle to keep time legally even though running on a 1960s timetable.
The Corporate Nazis in the civil service have been seriously planning toll roads for at least 20 years. In towns they use traffic calming to obstruct any direct route traffic might find as an alternative to toll roads. The safety fascists are making roads in towns almost totally impassable in decent time and now even TFL admits that it has been deliberately creating extra congestion under Labour's Livingstone.
It is interesting to note that almost all the scenes of recent fatal Knife Crime featured traffic calming or a 20 Mph speed limit. The installation of traffic calming is probably the key step towards a residential area becoming totally run down and lawless. By deterring regular through traffic from the streets criminals have more opportunities to commit crime without detection. Gangs of youths are more likely to congregate and cause trouble if they don't need to keep a sharp lookout for traffic. The evidence must show that almost all current semi-derelict slum areas have one thing in common, namely traffic calming installed at some point over the last 20 years. This must say something about the mentality of those alleged community leaders who campaign for the introduction of traffic calming. Take danger out of people's life ( particularly teenagers ) and they may replace it with something far worse.
The current main argument for imposing traffic calming is totally based on the NIMBY philosophy, ten bob fat cat property speculators desperately attempting to increase the theoretical value of their home. It would appear that they were under the impression that they actually own the road outside their mortgaged house and can dictate who can or can't use it, only a complete fool would buy a house with traffic calming on the street, especially if it was adjacent to an obstacle.
It would appear that traffic calming and the imposition of unrealistically low speed limits are being used to discourage drivers from using any route other than a potential future " Corporate Nazi " toll road, pay the toll or use more fuel and take twice as long to get there. People are already using far more fuel than they need to avoiding traffic calmed roads or unrealistically low speed limit routes, it also causes congestion on the main routes under pressure.
Traffic should flow though the town like blood in arteries, if the main route becomes restricted, traffic flows on the most convenient alternative route. Drivers are likely to " speed " in inappropriate places to make up time lost through traffic calming or sections of road with ridiculously low speed limits. This leads to more requests for traffic calming or lower speed limits from people who formerly had a relatively quiet section of road.
The result of alleged " green " transport policy is that the Corporate Nazis can engage in a spot of Corporate Ethnic Cleansing. If you can't afford the tolls or the fuel price you are forced to move home. No wonder city centre property developers support the introduction of the Manchester congestion charge. You can also bet that the politicians all have shares in the companies likely to benefit. There is a fortune to be made in the form of private tax for the in car equipment. The stock market parasites will make an imaginary fortune with a private toll road operating company plugged directly into the treasury. Its all false economic growth which by increasing the cost of living makes the British worker less competitive in the global economy. None of the current UK politicians can comprehend the fact that toll roads will put the relative basic human rights of the population back into the 18th century just for the sake of false profit.
Perhaps the government have no option but to proceed the eco-fascists favorite tool for corporate ethnic cleansing, Spy in the Sky road charging. Otherwise the Corporate Multinational Cartel could close key parts of UK industry. Of course nobody will notice that its basically a key fascist Big Brother policy because the alleged left wing Green Party support it. Many Corporate Nazi measures like Bin Tax and related fines for putting the wrong type of rubbish in your bin are also supported by the " greens " likewise the PFJ left love the smoking ban. Perhaps you will need a biometric ID card to register your Spy in the Sky in car equipment.
As for Spy in the Sky road charging technology its just another massively expensive and needlessly complicated IT project for the stock market " tech sector " to parasite on, its all potential false economic growth which increases the divide between rich and poor. It is perhaps hardly surprising to find that Graham Stringer was one of the Labour rebels calling for a leadership election, one of his main bones of contention is the proposed Manchester congestion charge. New investment in the infrastructure is tied to a road pricing plan, which even without actual satellite Spy in the Sky (overhead gantries with simple electronic tags for vehicles ) will cost billions to introduce and maintain. As with most government projects under PFI its just a virtual welfare state for the stock market parasites.
Traffic calming also reduces the safe life of a road, particularly if HGV's use it regularly.
Once again the A59 is being resurfaced through Copster Green. It will cost the council taxpayers twice as much as it needs to due to the traffic calming installed there. I believe that it is the second time that this section of road has needed major resurfacing since traffic calming was introduced there in the 1990s. I have travelled this road regularly since the 1970s and can't recall it needing any major work before the traffic calming was introduced. The " Pedestrian Islands" and central road hatching force all HGV's into the gutter over all the drain grates and man-hole covers.
The extreme nearside is the weakest part of any road, perhaps that's why HGV drivers trained in the 1980s were encouraged to remain 18 inches from the nearside kerb where possible. With central traffic islands this road friendly practical distance is impossible to achieve.
The service life of this road is only half of that before the traffic calming was introduced, the obvious solution to cut operating costs is to remove the traffic calming during the current works and then we will not be in the same expensive position.
It is now an almost pointless ongoing high cost for the sake of several central " pedestrian refuges " in an area with a low population. I have never yet seen a pedestrian using one of the said islands. Typical local government policy, always find the most inefficient way to squander council taxpayers hard earned money.
The Corporate Nazi's want 20 Mph limits because instead of killing a few potential wage slaves you get lots of brain injury permanent cripples. The plan is to battery farm them in private nursing homes ( once their parents get to frail to look after them ). Of course this will cost our welfare state a fortune, and now they are tightening up the criteria to claim disability benefits so if you don't go into a nursing home you starve freeze to death at home. They also want 20 Mph speed limits in order to sell potentially expensive Average Speed Cameras to theoretically enforce them.
Of course compensation claims will rocket, thus forcing up the cost of motor insurance, but like everything in safety policy sponsored by the stock market parasites via university boffins they think like Professor Marcos in the Ealing comedy The Lady-killers. " Its OK to steal ten thousand quid in an armed robbery because its only a farthing on all the policies "
A relative of mine was once an ambulance driver who was praised for saving the life of a young girl after a road accident. He went to see her when she was allegedly recovered, but all she could do was sit in a chair, almost a total vegetable. It distressed him so much he almost immediately quit the ambulance service and became an undertaker.
Some might say that its OK if you get adequate compensation, they have just increased payments for profoundly disabled servicemen. However speaking for my own experience of relative disability the money is no good to you if you have lost any chance of independence in your life and are unable to do the things most people take for granted. At least for some intelligent people, becoming severely disabled for life could be a fate worse than death.
Cartel Members Only ?
Posted by brossen99
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There is one thing for certain and that is that this government's alleged boost to " green " industries is likely to be little more than a virtual welfare state for the stock market parasites. I suspect that only members of the current motor section members of the Corporate Multinational Cartel will be allowed to participate. I bet that I couldn't get funding to develop a practical family electric car for less than £10,000 and have the potential to last 30 years with periodic refurbishment, you could hand it on to your kids when they start driving.
The key would be to place the main batteries ( relatively cheap lead acid ) in an exchangeable trailer, with a network of small trailer exchange charging stations around the whole country. No need for fancy new technology, just learn from the engineering of the past, cut power consumption at low speed by using two motors driving through a differential. My idea also has the potential to improve regenerative braking.
Of course I will never be allowed to do it because I have not been brainwashed with all the corporate propaganda flaunted while taking a formal degree.
Low Emission Zone ?
Posted by brossen99
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Channel 4 Dispatches was winging about Boris not keeping his election promises, first on their list was Boris's failure to roll out the Low Emission Zone to light commercial vehicles. I sent the following to Boris during his election campaign.
Having followed the process of the green agenda for over 20 years now it has become increasingly apparent that it has got little to do with the alleged " socialist " policies of the Green Party. In fact it is a complete mirror image, more akin to Corporate Fascism, mainly in the interest of the super wealthy and their corporate organizations.
A classic example of such policy is Ken Livingstone's flagship London Low Emission Zone which eco-fascist organizations like Friends of the Earth broadly support. The LEZ is just what the stock market parasites ordered as it will hit small family businesses the most, forcing them to buy expensive new equipment by borrowing money from the banks. When the LEZ is eventually rolled out to cover all vans it will prevent any skilled craftsman ( like plumbers ) setting up in business without vast initial expense. It may be the case that skilled tradesmen will be trapped working on low pay for an agency, whilst the corporate sponsored franchises provide the most expensive service possible to the consumer. No wonder there are so many rouge traders about, I wouldn't care about the quality of the job if employed for a pittance by an agency.
As for the alleged environmental benefits, forcing people to buy new vehicles early is likely to increase overall emissions, and its probable that air quality in London is far worse than it need be because of the extensive introduction of traffic calming. It is a classic case of " there was an old woman who swallowed a fly " policy. There was nothing so green and sustainable as the Routemaster bus, but like with the railways, Thatcher shut the main workshops.
As for the late 1990s disabled access argument, it would have probably been cheaper to provide everyone on DLA with a free dial-up 24 hour taxi service to anywhere in the country. It is probably the case that bus and train fares would have been less than half the cost of those at present if the equipment had been allowed to reach its full potential lifespan.
Even with the workshops, the extra stresses imposed on the coach built body of the Routemaster by traffic calming on some routes would have made maintenance costs prohibitive. The introduction traffic calming wrecked a whole generation of coach built buses built in the late seventies - early eighties. The only people who gained financially from the introduction of traffic calming were the stock market parasites who funded the early replacement of vehicles. There was a temporary boom in the bus building industry, but now many of the companies have gone forever and the skilled jobs lost.
In many cases, we were a lot greener back in the 1970s, it was common practice to keep vehicles for at least 15 years. Even then the replacement of HGV's was down to new higher gross weights, many of the old vehicles built by quality manufacturers like ERF were not completely worn out by any measure. It could be argued that the LEZ is anti-competitive except that nobody has got the balls or money to take it to the European court.
Failed Democracy ?
Posted by brossen99
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Gordon Brown preaches fiscal stimulus, but he has just put another almost 3p a litre on road fuel, in addition to that put on to compensate for a cut in VAT last December. Despite the rhetoric, this must indicate an overall tax increase despite the alleged VAT cut, and fuel costs all add to inflation for 90% of the " economically active ". All this reduces our global competitiveness, it looks like transport costs finally got Verison a car part company with one " main " plant in Northern Ireland, transport costs probably killed Woolworths over Christmas. Transporting bulky goods is not that fuel efficient per ton, large vans mean that you are dragging the wind around all day.
Its all part of a " Corporate Nazi " ideology where large corporations lobby government to make everything as inefficient ( difficult ) and expensive as possible, especially for people living in rural areas. A key part of the " Corporate Nazi " plan is the systematic dismantling of our welfare state whilst at the same time providing a virtual welfare state for the Banks and their stock market parasites, increasing the divide between rich and poor.
Not much hope from the Tories either, they have just brought Ken Clarke back onto their front bench in a senior position. Those with a good memory will recall that when chancellor,he was the original architect of the Road Fuel Tax Escalator, likewise raising the duty on diesel to make it more expensive than petrol. Unfortunately the Tories have not ruled out increases in " green " taxes if they as expected win the next general election.
The Lib-Dumbocrats are the puppets of the eco-fascists and will definitely massively increase road fuel taxes on the strength that they will cut the basic rate of income tax by 4p. However that's not much use to you if you are currently struggling to run your car in order to get to work on near minimum wage. I believe that the Association of British Drivers once calculated that current fuel duty is the equivalent of 10p on the basic rate of tax for anyone earning minimum wage on an average commute.
It looks as though mainstream party alleged democracy has failed the people of our country. Government policy is no longer dictated by the people but by the fraudulent Bankers and their stock market parasites. High road fuel tax is a tool they use to close down our manufacturing industry, the bankers look on it that its more profitable for them to sit in an office and change money on the resultant extra imports.
The only party offering cuts in road fuel duty is the BNP, but they have no real prospect of ever becoming an influence on government. However they do stand a fair chance of winning several seats at the coming EU elections under PR, in which everyone gets at least some influence on the outcome. Its not as if MEP's have a huge influence over UK government policy but voting BNP at the EU elections could teach the mainstream parties a valuable lesson. ID cards, Bin Tax, Toll Roads, Average Speed Cameras and other potential infringements of personal freedom have not gone away despite the theoretical temporary suspension or none take up of policy by local authorities. If you don't like the members you get you can always throw them out at the next election.
Voting for the BNP is the one thing the mainstream politicians fear the most because its a direct attack on their Corporate Nazi quasi-religion. Voting BNP is the nuclear option as far as protest voting is concerned, if you are eurosceptic anyway, forget UKIP, they have been shown proven to be just as institutionally corrupt as the other alleged " safe " politicians.
Some say that the BNP are hardly attractive, but , " attractiveness " has got nothing to do with it. The BNP don't dispute the Holocaust, just the figures and I believe that even the Auschwitz plaque proclaiming 4 million deaths had been recently replaced with one stating the correct figure of 1.2 million.
The BNP are German Nazi analogy is pure spin, but perhaps what system we currently have as far as personal freedoms go is far worse than the NSPD could ever of dreamed of. In fact the first thing Hitler did when he occupied Holland was introduce identity cards to all Dutch citizen. The Nazis could never have dreamed of the technology we have in our country for tracking the movement of individuals. Almost everybody has a mobile phone, but that's not good enough, now they make up excuses to increase technology to track everybody's car movements.
The key is to fight fire with fire, and as I say the BNP are the nuclear option when it comes down to protest voting.
Unfortunately there are some really nasty people out there who are not averse to the prospect of a civil war if democracy fails them. Successive governments have seen this coming and perhaps one good reason that they have installed traffic calming in Asian areas in big towns is to help control any future civil unrest. Of course they have it in " rough " white dominated estates also, where the chattering classes consider a large proportion of the inhabitants are at or near the poverty line.
Humps in the road are an ideal protection against anyone stealing a service vehicle in an attempt to break out through the gates. Impossible to get any decent speed up if there are humps everywhere. Its only one easy step to ring fencing certain areas of towns and turning them into virtual Warsaw type ghettos. Nobody will be let in or out without a permit, plenty of work for private security guard companies now that much housing is under the control of housing associations. I believe that locked gates have already been installed on some " alley's ".
Things look particularly bleak if you are currently classified " disabled ", new more strict tests will ensure that many will be forced onto JSA with no realistic prospect of ever even being considered for any job they could actually do. A report out today states that people on state benefits can no longer afford to eat properly whatever the government rhetoric on healthy eating. Most of them probably spent last winter freezing to death because the couldn't afford the energy bill, ours was 835 quid quarter to February, only an average modernized house if ancient. Porritt let the cat out of the bag when he could not deny that the eco-fascists had plans to reduce the UK population to 30 million. That probably includes most of the " poor " people who can simply not afford to live here anymore due to " green " taxes etc.
It would appear that there is to be no welfare state provision for those which fail the virtual corporate compatibility test now used by employment agencies. It is proposed that after a year claimants will be forced to " work " for their benefits. Perhaps many councils and large companies will start employing these ( private agency ) dole slaves for menial tasks instead of giving people a secure full time job with benefits other workers in that company / authority currently enjoy. It would appear that perks like company pensions are no longer economic to support, perhaps they were only ever there in the first place as a bribe to the electorate not to vote for parties sympathetic to the former Soviet block, or any form of nationalization, that corporate justification ended long ago now with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The stock market parasites are at a bit of a loss because they can't really start any major international war due to the nuclear deterrent. Far easier for them to get their puppet politicians to engineer a situation where a significant number of their population are becoming increasingly desperate for real change. If the BNP winning a few seats at the EU elections can put off the now almost inevitable civil unrest if policy fails to change in our country then I am all for it.
Its all part of a " Corporate Nazi " ideology where large corporations lobby government to make everything as inefficient ( difficult ) and expensive as possible, especially for people living in rural areas. A key part of the " Corporate Nazi " plan is the systematic dismantling of our welfare state whilst at the same time providing a virtual welfare state for the Banks and their stock market parasites, increasing the divide between rich and poor.
Not much hope from the Tories either, they have just brought Ken Clarke back onto their front bench in a senior position. Those with a good memory will recall that when chancellor,he was the original architect of the Road Fuel Tax Escalator, likewise raising the duty on diesel to make it more expensive than petrol. Unfortunately the Tories have not ruled out increases in " green " taxes if they as expected win the next general election.
The Lib-Dumbocrats are the puppets of the eco-fascists and will definitely massively increase road fuel taxes on the strength that they will cut the basic rate of income tax by 4p. However that's not much use to you if you are currently struggling to run your car in order to get to work on near minimum wage. I believe that the Association of British Drivers once calculated that current fuel duty is the equivalent of 10p on the basic rate of tax for anyone earning minimum wage on an average commute.
It looks as though mainstream party alleged democracy has failed the people of our country. Government policy is no longer dictated by the people but by the fraudulent Bankers and their stock market parasites. High road fuel tax is a tool they use to close down our manufacturing industry, the bankers look on it that its more profitable for them to sit in an office and change money on the resultant extra imports.
The only party offering cuts in road fuel duty is the BNP, but they have no real prospect of ever becoming an influence on government. However they do stand a fair chance of winning several seats at the coming EU elections under PR, in which everyone gets at least some influence on the outcome. Its not as if MEP's have a huge influence over UK government policy but voting BNP at the EU elections could teach the mainstream parties a valuable lesson. ID cards, Bin Tax, Toll Roads, Average Speed Cameras and other potential infringements of personal freedom have not gone away despite the theoretical temporary suspension or none take up of policy by local authorities. If you don't like the members you get you can always throw them out at the next election.
Voting for the BNP is the one thing the mainstream politicians fear the most because its a direct attack on their Corporate Nazi quasi-religion. Voting BNP is the nuclear option as far as protest voting is concerned, if you are eurosceptic anyway, forget UKIP, they have been shown proven to be just as institutionally corrupt as the other alleged " safe " politicians.
Some say that the BNP are hardly attractive, but , " attractiveness " has got nothing to do with it. The BNP don't dispute the Holocaust, just the figures and I believe that even the Auschwitz plaque proclaiming 4 million deaths had been recently replaced with one stating the correct figure of 1.2 million.
The BNP are German Nazi analogy is pure spin, but perhaps what system we currently have as far as personal freedoms go is far worse than the NSPD could ever of dreamed of. In fact the first thing Hitler did when he occupied Holland was introduce identity cards to all Dutch citizen. The Nazis could never have dreamed of the technology we have in our country for tracking the movement of individuals. Almost everybody has a mobile phone, but that's not good enough, now they make up excuses to increase technology to track everybody's car movements.
The key is to fight fire with fire, and as I say the BNP are the nuclear option when it comes down to protest voting.
Unfortunately there are some really nasty people out there who are not averse to the prospect of a civil war if democracy fails them. Successive governments have seen this coming and perhaps one good reason that they have installed traffic calming in Asian areas in big towns is to help control any future civil unrest. Of course they have it in " rough " white dominated estates also, where the chattering classes consider a large proportion of the inhabitants are at or near the poverty line.
Humps in the road are an ideal protection against anyone stealing a service vehicle in an attempt to break out through the gates. Impossible to get any decent speed up if there are humps everywhere. Its only one easy step to ring fencing certain areas of towns and turning them into virtual Warsaw type ghettos. Nobody will be let in or out without a permit, plenty of work for private security guard companies now that much housing is under the control of housing associations. I believe that locked gates have already been installed on some " alley's ".
Things look particularly bleak if you are currently classified " disabled ", new more strict tests will ensure that many will be forced onto JSA with no realistic prospect of ever even being considered for any job they could actually do. A report out today states that people on state benefits can no longer afford to eat properly whatever the government rhetoric on healthy eating. Most of them probably spent last winter freezing to death because the couldn't afford the energy bill, ours was 835 quid quarter to February, only an average modernized house if ancient. Porritt let the cat out of the bag when he could not deny that the eco-fascists had plans to reduce the UK population to 30 million. That probably includes most of the " poor " people who can simply not afford to live here anymore due to " green " taxes etc.
It would appear that there is to be no welfare state provision for those which fail the virtual corporate compatibility test now used by employment agencies. It is proposed that after a year claimants will be forced to " work " for their benefits. Perhaps many councils and large companies will start employing these ( private agency ) dole slaves for menial tasks instead of giving people a secure full time job with benefits other workers in that company / authority currently enjoy. It would appear that perks like company pensions are no longer economic to support, perhaps they were only ever there in the first place as a bribe to the electorate not to vote for parties sympathetic to the former Soviet block, or any form of nationalization, that corporate justification ended long ago now with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The stock market parasites are at a bit of a loss because they can't really start any major international war due to the nuclear deterrent. Far easier for them to get their puppet politicians to engineer a situation where a significant number of their population are becoming increasingly desperate for real change. If the BNP winning a few seats at the EU elections can put off the now almost inevitable civil unrest if policy fails to change in our country then I am all for it.
Corporate Ethnic Cleansing
Posted by brossen99
brossen99
When are news presenters going to get it into their thick skull that the main trust of the green agenda is to facilitate ethnic cleansing by stealth. It could perhaps be more appropriately described as Corporate Ethnic Cleansing.
Increased transport costs are destroying the rural economy, take Settle in North Yorkshire for example. Settle once boasted a exclusive paper recycling mill, much of which was locally sourced, two loads a day from Nelson 25 miles away. One would expect that a paper recycling mill would be booming with the present " green " recycling industry allegedly on the up. But no, it closed down last year, and the finishing plant is using twice as much transport and is now under threat being worth more dead than alive to property developers.
There would be little chance of the redundant workers finding employment locally, so they would need to travel at least 16 miles and back to the nearest town. I suspect that they will have been forced to move out in many cases, but their are plenty of ten bob fat cat property speculators waiting to move in. The cheapest slum is 180k so whatever their manual job the indigenous locals can't afford to buy anywhere.
There are a couple of 50 quid a week single person no room to swing a cat around flats owned by Alan Bennet, but they are totally unsuitable for a family. I suspect that all the remaining council housing is dead man's shoes.
The Corporate Ethnic Cleansing has been compounded by employment agencies, most big companies require you to work for the agency as a trial. I suspect that they screen applicants by post-code and filter out those their corporate masters decide. There are proven cases of where agencies employ Poles before the locals.
It looks like the ten bob fat cats have taken over the local council, The Lib-Dem controlled Settle Town Council intend to impose a weight limit through the town centre, according to someone with local knowledge the extra pollution generated will be as follows.
" By diverting all hgvs via gigg will add 650000 miles a year, an extra 130000 galls of fuel,release hundreds of tonnes of carbon etc into the atmosphere, add £1.5 million extra expense to the economy whilst endangering hundreds of schoolkids lives. "
The proposed diversion route goes right past the main high school, the £1.5 million is false economic growth as far as the indigenous population is concerned, all the money will go to oil companies and other corporate interests.
Almost Settle's equivalent of the proposed new third runway at Heathrow.
It will totally destroy the economics of the three quaries in north Ribblesdale, Dry Rigg, Arcow and Horton, perhaps the largest employers in the area when you take into account the road haulage for such.
The eco fascists are also planning to put a 50Kw water turbine in the weir on the River Ribble, which it is said will stop the migratory fish getting up the river. Angling is quite a nice little earner for the small farmers, so get rid of that and it puts on more pressure to quit and sell out. The health fascists could probably close the creamery with thier low fat fads, then the plan will be complete.
Its obvious why the local eco-fasists want a small scale generator, they can take it over for local use only when the grid collapses due to excessive reliance on wind farms.
Perhaps its high time that farmers / hauliers got themselves recognized as a ethnic group.
The last major employer at the village of Sabden in the Ribble Valley closed down due to a long standing weight limit on its main access roads.
Road pricing is the corporate ethnic cleanser's dream !
Incidentally, since I wrote this in May 2008 and several comments to the Craven Herald developers are planning to regenerate Langcliffe paper mill. The national park authority appears to support the plan which will provide much needed employment and housing for the locals, yet CDC officers object on all the usual nymby grounds. Perhaps Council Officers are operating on a secret agenda.
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