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Title: Here we go again...
Post by: Nickbat on 11 October 2009, 23:17:11
Road pricing, rigid 70mph speed limits on motorways and mandatory, eco-driving lessons should be introduced to help country meet legally-binding carbon emissions targets, a key Government advisory committee has said.  >:( >:( >:(

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/6299944/Road-pricing-should-be-used-to-help-meet-carbon-targets.html

While you mull that over, have a look at this:

(http://[IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n270/v6nick/fossilfuelusage.jpg)[/img]

We are really being taken for a ride... >:( >:(
Title: Re: Here we go again...
Post by: unlucky alf on 11 October 2009, 23:29:56
the way things are going with these power crazy control freaks we`ll all have bar codes tattooed on out foreheads >:( >:(
Title: Re: Here we go again...
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 12 October 2009, 00:08:44
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uSYNrCWSdk&feature=related[/media]
Title: Re: Here we go again...
Post by: Banjax on 12 October 2009, 00:11:01
for a second i thought this was real.......then i read its a government advisory committee so you stay up all night worrying for all of us, nick - cheers bud  :y

and if there are some kind souls who would drive a bit more efficiently, then thats all the more petrol for us  ;)

Title: Re: Here we go again...
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 12 October 2009, 00:26:31
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for a second i thought this was real.......then i read its a government advisory committee so you stay up all night worrying for all of us, nick - cheers bud  :y

and if there are some kind souls who would drive a bit more efficiently, then thats all the more petrol for us  ;)




...does this excerpt from the article not suggest that it may be slightly more than that bj?

In its first annual report the expert committee led, that was set up to make sure the Government stays on track to meet its own targets, recommended a series of radical measures.
Title: Re: Here we go again...
Post by: Nickbat on 12 October 2009, 00:32:47
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for a second i thought this was real.......then i read its a government advisory committee so you stay up all night worrying for all of us, nick - cheers bud  :y

and if there are some kind souls who would drive a bit more efficiently, then thats all the more petrol for us  ;)



So pleased to assume from your comments that you never have and never will exceed the 70mph limit on motorways.

 ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Here we go again...
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 12 October 2009, 00:37:32
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for a second i thought this was real.......then i read its a government advisory committee so you stay up all night worrying for all of us, nick - cheers bud  :y

and if there are some kind souls who would drive a bit more efficiently, then thats all the more petrol for us  ;)



So pleased to assume from your comments that you never have and never will exceed the 70mph limit on motorways.

 ::) ::) ::)


...in a Laguna diesel estate? ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Here we go again...
Post by: Nickbat on 12 October 2009, 00:44:01
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for a second i thought this was real.......then i read its a government advisory committee so you stay up all night worrying for all of us, nick - cheers bud  :y

and if there are some kind souls who would drive a bit more efficiently, then thats all the more petrol for us  ;)



So pleased to assume from your comments that you never have and never will exceed the 70mph limit on motorways.

 ::) ::) ::)


...in a Laguna diesel estate? ;D ;D ;D ;D

Yep, should have spotted that, Zulu!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D