We have to keep bashing away at the decision makers and tell them "that COP28 has elicited support of 118 countries for tripling of renewable energy and doubling of energy efficiency." And the money for this can come from abandoning the acceleration of climate disaster by abandoning Metro and Sprint expansion (and arms manufacturing for more warfare) and doing everything that is here:
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My suggestion:
1. Such is our fatal addiction to finite fossil fuels, as a rough rule of thumb, even with more renewables slowly coming on stream, we still have to regard £1 in price = 1 lb in weight of GHG emissions.
2. Vast quantities of steel and concrete are used in constructing tramways ("buses on rails", says UK tram promotion group). Both are highly energy intensive and that means high GHG emissions. Bad news for climate and us!
3. Use that money to upgrade bus provision, as is in our petition. BUT MUCH MORE IS NEEDED:
4. Bring in charging on radial routes into urban centres for all vehicles that are not essential for work/business but are used, in particular, for commuting, shopping when those drivers should be using bus, train, tram.
5. Essential users must register to avoid the charge.
6. Financial inducements MUST be used to reward car commuters and shoppers who leave their cars at home and use bus, train, tram. Therefore, FFPT - Fare-Free Public Transport for all and not just my age group is essential.
7. To accompany the above, big campaign by the authorities to make it as socially undesirable to take the car into town/city centres as it is to smoke in public places. But the rewards must be emphasised.
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