At 07:58 AM Friday 9/14/2007, Gary Nunn wrote:
>Whatever politicians that may be in power if this scenario would came true, >would definitely not be in power much longer..... > >There's an interesting paragraph about the potential health benefits of a >car free London, but I see they conveniently forget to mention the increased >health RISK of forcing people to walk that are not physically capable, and >the increased risk of forcing people to walk in extreme weather - heat, >cold, rain, snow, fog, etc. > > > > >Complete article: http://tinyurl.com/3amrbl > > >London's Emissions Targets For 2030 Will Only Be Reached By Banning Cars > >Posted: 13 Sep 2007 05:58 AM CDT > >London Authority <http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/> (GLA) takes radical steps, one >of which could be the removal of all cars from both inner and outer London, >according to a report published today. > > >snip< > >Calculations show that a car-free inner London scenario equates to a 49% >reduction in emissions7. Because most London car trips are within outer >London, changes in inner London boroughs alone were not found to be >sufficient to meet the GLA emissions target. The car-free inner and outer >London model was found to bring about a 72% reduction in emissions, with >active transport making up 53% of all trips. Given the lower starting point, >this means 83% lower emissions than the UK average for 2000. > > > >snip< >A separate paper uses London travel data to identify four archetypal car >using groups in London: Claire, a 10 year old girl; Lucy, a 40 year old >mother; Tom, a 50 year old man living and working in outer London; and >Derek, a 78 year old man. It calculates the increases in physical activity >and energy expenditure that would result if they transferred their car >journeys to walking, cycling and public transport, with occasional trips by >taxi. By doing so, they would expend an average of 139,300 kJ of energy a >year, equivalent to an average of 4.5 kg of fat. Lucy would reduce her risk >of breast cancer by 25% and increase her life expectancy by between 1 and 2 >years, while Tom would enjoy a 20-40% reduction in the risk of premature >mortality and around a 30% reduction in risk of type 2 diabetes. While Derek will contribute by slipping and falling and breaking his hip, leading in a few weeks to his doing his part, in the immortal words of Ebenezer Scrooge, to "... decrease the surplus population." -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
