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Ian Dunt
This piece, by and via , is great, and has finally explained to me the advantage of HS2
The arguments against HS2 are simple, and superficially attractive: why are we spending £55bn on a high-speed line between London and the north, when commuters outside the southeast are cramming onto
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Jon Stone 15. stu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @IanDunt @JonnElledge
Cheers Ian!
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Ian Dunt 15. stu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @joncstone @JonnElledge
Extraordinary thing is it really isn't so difficult to explain or even to reduce to a one-sentence argument. Fact they are either too unimaginative or incompetent to do so speaks volumes.
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Crewman Number Guy 15. stu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @IanDunt @joncstone @JonnElledge
I mean this politely but as an engaged politics knower how did you not know
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Jonn Elledge 15. stu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @Atrios @IanDunt @joncstone
To be fair, if you're not a transport nerd, there's no reason you'd necessarily have looked into it
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Dungralung 15. stu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @IanDunt @joncstone @JonnElledge
It's not going to cost £55 billion, they've just admitted over £80 billion latest estimate. If capacity is the main objective, why the obsession with speed? If they reduced the speed a little they could avoid a lot of demolitions, loss of habitat and reduce environmental impact.
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Hugh Jaeger 15. stu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @dungralung @JonnElledge i 5 ostali
DfT now admits HS2 might cost £88bn. got to check HS2's sums. Byng reckons way over £100bn. Neither nor has a fraction of Byng & Berkeley's rail expertise. HS2's BCR is negligible. It won't be CO2 neutral for decades. !
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Simon Cross 15. stu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @IanDunt @joncstone @JonnElledge
There's an error in the first sentence. The cost of has increased but Gov't Ministers have known of its £100bn+ price tag for years. The BCR is less than 1 offering poor value for money. It would foolhardy to proceed.
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Stop HS2 16. stu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @IanDunt @joncstone @JonnElledge
Apart from the fact it is simply totally incorrect on almost every level. Try this one I have spent a decade fighting , and the arguments for it keep getting worse
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Alan Purdom 15. stu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @IanDunt @joncstone @JonnElledge
If you are serious about climate change then people are going to have to work remotely. Rail may be better than cars but trains burn carbon irrespective of passenger numbers.
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Chris Ward 15. stu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @modrup @IanDunt i 2 ostali
They may need to work remotely but people (and especially goods) will still need to travel. You can't email a shipping container from Southampton to Glasgow.
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