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[andrewducker]

From here:

Tony Blair says it is unrealistic to think the tax system can be used to reduce air travel in the UK. The prime minister said it would take a "fairly hefty whack" for people to
cut back on flights in the UK and abroad.

He told the Commons liaison committee that it would be hard to sell, and said he would not be keen on such a move.

Instead, he said, the best way to tackle climate change was to invest in more environmentally friendly aircraft and to invest in other new technology.

Because the government isn't here _precisely_ to look at the big picture in a way that we can't individually do and push us to do the things that actually we ought to be doing.

I can't see how it can possibly be that much harder a sell than the Iraq War, when he didn't exactly have a majority behind him a lot of the time.  If he's willing to do the right thing there, why not here?

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[jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com]

Megatrain (http://www.megatrain.com/):Megabus (http://www.megabus.com/) :: National Rail (http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/):National Express (http://www.nationalexpress.com/) .

I have a suspicion that we are due for a resurgence in medium- and long- distance bus and coach travel, especially as individual road and rail travel become more expensive; Megabus represents a logical first step in the resurgence as a single operator takes on the incumbent on the most obvious and profitable routes. I've taken Megabus once and it was actually perfectly OK, oddly enough.

With this in mind, Stelios does operate easyBus (http://www.easybus.co.uk/) on a couple of London-based routes already. It might well be that easyBus:2004 :: easyJet:1996 and there are similar progressions over the years, but I'll believe it when I see it.

[pseudomonas.livejournal.com]

Thanks!