tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post8906803384183983352..comments2024-03-13T18:55:49.391+00:00Comments on Energy Balance: Transition Town Reading.Professor Chris Rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-19172110277577546442011-11-04T09:33:24.926+00:002011-11-04T09:33:24.926+00:00Yes, some of them seem to feel they are "abov...Yes, some of them seem to feel they are "above" both motorists and pedestrians! They are a law unto themselves. Then one of them gets tragically killed and I do wonder if their attitude might play a role sometimes?<br /><br />We will need more bikes, for sure, but please cyclists, have some respect for those on 4 wheels or two legs!<br /><br />I don't think that we can replace all our oil-powered cars by electric cars (e.g. in the UK if we could build one million of them per year it would still take 30 years to bring-on the entire fleet in the same number of present cars, before when the oil supplies will be severely depleted).<br /><br />I think that realistic electric transport might be best [provided using local tram and light railway systems: i.e. mass transport rather than personalised transport.<br /><br />ChrisProfessor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-76538265876693319172011-11-04T02:05:48.156+00:002011-11-04T02:05:48.156+00:00I agree with your call for road manners pertaining...I agree with your call for road manners pertaining to cyclists. In locales where biking is relatively common in the US, there are often a few whose maneuvers are rude (and even menacing) toward both motorists and other bikers.<br /><br />My comment on speed limits included the notion that by lowering them, much wider use of electric cars could be enabled by reason of lower power requirements and shorter distances driven resulting from a gradual (and hopefully intelligent) contraction of sprawl.Russhttp://www.gdcode.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-26450957679075886872011-11-02T14:55:50.540+00:002011-11-02T14:55:50.540+00:00Hi Russ,
yes, I also think that the probability o...Hi Russ,<br /><br />yes, I also think that the probability of a catastrophic social disintegration is high.<br /><br />I look at this overpopulated nation with so many not working, and I can envisage that a state of marshal law will prevail... and then things might find some level of calm.<br /><br />I don't think lowering speed limits will have much effect locally, but could certainly discourage long-distance driving.<br /><br />More bicycles... but please lets set some pavement/road manners for cyclists. Some of them are a menace!!<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />ChrisProfessor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-37894323508632444612011-11-02T14:45:27.338+00:002011-11-02T14:45:27.338+00:00". . . the "transition" from here...". . . the "transition" from here to there is not obvious and if we don't plan it and get it right we will descend into anarchy tearing each other apart to grab what resources are left."<br /><br />I believe the probability of your concisely described scenario is high. Do you think that lowering (all) speed limits would help discourage driving?<br /><br />It seems that giving bicycles the respect that cars now have by effecting full accommodation for them in both their active functions on roads and their resting places in homes could contribute to a smooth descent down the back side of peak oil.Russhttp://www.gdcode.infonoreply@blogger.com