HS2 started in 2009 to cost £34 bn

2 Sept 2009, 14:25

to timweller1

The double whammy of living in an age of rising greenhouse gases and the
depletion of oil and gas reserves, on which our civilisation depends, means
that spending £34 bn on HS2 will hasten the uncomfortable consequences of both.  We need to move away from hypermobility and the more, bigger, faster mentality to something more sensible and sustainable.

We need to begin to adjust to the frightening consequences of a world being exhausted of all its natural resources and concentrate on the real
essentials like food and energy security for a population that does not
exceed the carrying capacity of the planet.