Posted on 02/24/2023 5:22:30 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
In what may be a world-first effort to tackle the climate impact of cars, the government of Wales said Tuesday that it would scrap all its major road building projects, and place tight carbon-related restrictions on future proposals.
Wales, a country of 3 million and one of the four nations that make up the U.K., set up a panel in June 2021 to review the environmental cost of 59 planned road projects. Most of the schemes, including new bypasses, highways, and road expansions, were designed to relieve congestion. But the panel concluded that ultimately these projects would encourage more private car use long-term, fuelling yet more demand for new roads and preventing Wales from reaching its 2050 net zero emissions target.
Going forward, the Welsh review panel says, new roads will only be built if their proponents can prove they will support the transition to non-car travel, help Wales adapt to the impacts of climate change or improve safety with relatively minor changes. On the flip side, schemes will be rejected if they increase capacity for cars or allow cars to travel at higher speeds.
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The divide is occurring, the elite class and the serfs, live in the mud and like it.
‘Climate change’ is bullsh*t...belief in ‘climate change’ is a sign of cultish, low-IQ behavior.
Sometimes they reveal the first layer of their plans ...”support the transition to non-car travel”.
“You will use the transportation we provide, and travel to destinations we permit, when we permit, or DON’T permit you to do so, based in part on your social and political compliance and credit scores.”
If the infrastructure is there (roads, electricity supply, water, sewer, etc.) then it generates financial activity. People buy houses, entrepreneurs build businesses. Suddenly there are jobs, jobs, jobs. All of this contributes to growth and growth makes everyone a bit richer and life easier. Stop the roads, the rail lines, the pipelines and people move someplace where they can get better lives. This is why everyone comes to America. They should call this group The Ministry of Going Back Before The Industrial Revolution.
Road signs are the expensive problem
Wftclkaceutnewa 87 and Cretyldrwgmmasrtcah 34 makes for expensive road signs
The stupid...it roars.
IMHO it’s more than that. The landowners with already existing good road infrastructure doesn’t want to increase the value of land away from good roads. That puts land near good roads in higher demand. It’s all about the $.
I sprained my tongue trying to pronounce that.
Three million people? Hell, they don’t need roads.
What, you don’t like the smell of dung fires wafting past the veranda of your mud hut in the morning? Proof positive that if the lie is repeated often enough, it becomes truth. To some people. The arrogance of man is astounding. 🤔
Yeah, but it's pronounced "Fleb aye'7", and "Breen thort" respectively. Or disrespectfully. Nobody knows.
Welsh: letter combinations that make Russian look easy.
Interesting that conservatives have always been accused of being cave dwellers but now we can all see that it’s the leftists....”They want to put ya’ll back in caves”.
” the serfs, live in the mud and like it”
About a year ago I listened to a few minutes of an interview (BBC or NPR) of the Welsh Minister in charge of this kind of thing. Vey arrogant, “live in the mud and like it” sums up the attitude. It was so bad I stopped listening after a few minutes.
Poles say, “Hold my wódka and watch this!”
Why? Because they’re insane, that’s why.
Paved roads are a modern miracle.
F these people.
Never.
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