On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:47:40 +0100, "John Turner"
<nospam@nospam.invalid> said in
:

>> So we double, treble, ??? the PT fleet to cope with peak demand caused
>> by lower fares and they run around empty or sit idle for the rest of
>> the day. What does that do for the environement?

>About the same as having cars sitting around idle for most of the time.

And that's before you've considered the environmental cost of all
the parking spaces at both ends necessary to support private car
travel.  8% of my house floorspace is a garage.  Luckily I am smart
enough to us it for something better :-)

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"Just zis Guy, you know?"  wrote:
> "John Turner" <nospam@nospam.invalid> said:
> 
>>> So we double, treble, ??? the PT fleet to cope with peak demand caused
>>> by lower fares and they run around empty or sit idle for the rest of
>>> the day. What does that do for the environement? 
> 
>>About the same as having cars sitting around idle for most of the time.
> 
> And that's before you've considered the environmental cost of all
> the parking spaces at both ends necessary to support private car
> travel.  8% of my house floorspace is a garage.  Luckily I am smart
> enough to us it for something better :-)

Most people around here use their garages to store worthless junk, and 
leave their $30,000 car outside.

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On the 5 Sep 2008, MartinS <me@my.place> wrote:

> "Just zis Guy, you know?"  wrote:

<snip>

>> 8% of my house floorspace is a garage.  Luckily I am smart
>> enough to us it for something better :-)

> Most people around here use their garages to store worthless junk, and
> leave their $30,000 car outside.

Round here, the garages are too narrow for most modern cars. Just 
after getting my mother a new car, my Dad found out that while the car 
(a 3 door Corsa) would fit into the garage the doors couldn't open far 
enough for anyone to get out. The garage is now his railway workshop.

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Graham Thurlwell  wrote:
> MartinS <me@my.place> wrote:
>> "Just zis Guy, you know?"  wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>> 8% of my house floorspace is a garage.  Luckily I am smart enough to
>>> us it for something better :-) 
> 
>> Most people around here use their garages to store worthless junk, and
>> leave their $30,000 car outside. 
> 
> Round here, the garages are too narrow for most modern cars. Just 
> after getting my mother a new car, my Dad found out that while the car 
> (a 3 door Corsa) would fit into the garage the doors couldn't open far 
> enough for anyone to get out. The garage is now his railway workshop.

A fortuitous happenstance!
However, it would be too cold for 6 months of the year here.

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On the 6 Sep 2008, MartinS <me@my.place> wrote:

> Graham Thurlwell  wrote:

<snip>

>> my Dad found out that while the car
>> (a 3 door Corsa) would fit into the garage the doors couldn't open far
>> enough for anyone to get out. The garage is now his railway workshop.

> A fortuitous happenstance!

Yes, he was rather pleased. So was mother - almost all of the mess 
from construction is now out of the house.

> However, it would be too cold for 6 months of the year here.

That's why you killinate the environment with a fan/patio heater. Just 
make sure to resist the temptation to use it to make the paint on your 
plastic coach kit dry faster. ;-)

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