- Oct 2024
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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But at far lower cost, through a rational transport policy, it could remove millions of real cars from the roads, while improving our mobility, cutting air pollution and releasing land for green spaces and housing.
From link:
- Prioritise investment in public transport, walking and cycling instead of road building
- Reinstate the annual inflation-linked rise and end the 5p cut in fuel duty, and use the £4.2 billion a year proceeds to make rail fares more affordable
- Require all new developments to provide frequent public transport services and safe walking and cycling networks from the start
- Commit to a target for modal shift to public transport and active travel
- Facilitate further expansion of rail freight to reduce congestion on the road network
- Require local authorities to meet specific carbon reduction budgets through the next round of Local Transport Plans
Reinstate the annual inflation-linked rise and end the 5p cut in fuel duty, and use the £4.2 billion a year proceeds to make rail fares more affordable
Cars are going green anyway, and could go more green with hydrogen! The fuel duty is regressive and would hurt poorer families the most.
Facilitate further expansion of rail freight to reduce congestion on the road network
They literally say at the start of the article how HS2 has been a disaster, they want to repeat that?
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cheaper and more effective projects had already been committed
more effective? insulating homes sure but there needs to be some capture capture and it needs investing and where UK can have the biggest impact.
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The government’s plan for carbon capture and storage (CCS) – catching carbon dioxide from major industry and pumping it into rocks under the North Sea – is a fossil fuel-driven boondoggle that will accelerate climate breakdown.
So from what I can see, these are two blue hydrogen projects as opposed to green hydrogen? Green hydrogen just uses water so is obviously better but takes longer and is see as viable by 2040 while blue hydrogen is compatible with current infrastructure so works in shortterm and can help speed up green hydrogen too. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/opinion/is-there-a-role-for-blue-hydrogen-in-a-green-energy-transition/.
Also the guardian linking to itself as a source of fact? Great
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George Monbiot
Famed Scientist
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