Well, here we are in October 2020, and the second wave is upon us. This time it’s the Rule of Six, early closing in the pubs, but send your kids to school – and if you packed your bag to go back to the office, unpack it and WFH. A new kind of lockdown –Continue reading “Covid – the sequel”
Tag Archives: pollution
WARNING – THIS PRODUCT MAY KILL YOU
Many products now carry health warnings or information about their environmental efficiency or the harm they cause. Houses and flats for sale or rent must have an energy performance certificate, on which they are graded from A (the best) to G (the worst). A national, accessible database holds this ever growing body of information. ThisContinue reading “WARNING – THIS PRODUCT MAY KILL YOU”
More on idling
As my earlier post did not mention the law, I should clarify that parking with your engine idling is against the law! The law could be much clearer – drivers have to be warned before there can be enforcement, and there are various circumstances in which it is excused. And sometimes the fine is …Continue reading “More on idling”
Manifesto
I want to draw up a workable manifesto for clean, quiet, safe cities, principally by removing all but essential private vehicles from the streets. We have a climate crisis, and we also have an air quality crisis in most of our cities. Yet we continue to make millions of unnecessary car journeys every day. OurContinue reading “Manifesto”
Bye bye car. Hello clean, friendly city 