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Still less than half of one year of our surplus from earnings through the construction decade. Of course we could do without our good transport and stop earning that £50 billions a year, but it wouldn't be us squealing if that surplus vanished. .

Agreed, but it is not a subsidy. London's financial services earns some £50 billions a year which is then taken by central government and used throughout the country. Once in a while we are allowed to have back enough for a major project, like the £9 billions for Crossrail, but that was once...

Yes, Italjet Ascot:

You'll never make it in politics, especially the Humpty Dumpty sort. :) .

I don't ride in the rain. What makes you think I'm a gentleman? ;) .

Although I was born in London and lived here much of my life, I know what that is like since I once lived in the country in the 1940s with one bus a week. 10 am in the morning on Wednesdays to go the 13 miles into town, 2pm sharp to get the bus back. It's not that they are London centric...

And the mudguards are far from the sensible ones we used to have long ago. Its front mudguard will spray mud all over the bottom bracket and ones shoes, its abbreviated rear mudguard will spray mud up the riders back. .

Similar has been done and proved unpopular, plus it needs a far bigger ic engine than you imagine to be reasonably drivable. Both GM's Chevrolet volt and BYD's Astra size car used 2 litre backup engines, both with claimed 80 mile EV capability but in reality nearer your 50 miles. I think both...

Indeed, both these comments go for all mushrooms. We can say they are not safe to eat from online photos, but can never say they are safe to eat. The name changes add another danger, that of misidentification. In this case the Coprinus family name has also been superceded, by Coprinellus. .

No, they are almost certainly The Glistening Inkcap, Coprinellus micaceus. Like all the Ink Cap mushrooms they deliquesce into black ink. If you want black food, think squid ink which is safe to consume. .

We'll see. I'm a cynic where all new invention announcements are concerned. I doubt one in a thousand ever come to fruition. .

At maybe 5% efficiency! :) .

Sustrans aren't engaging their brains and looking at what actually exists. In our towns and cities where most of the population live we do have enough road space inthe areas we live in to provide segregated lanes next to pavements. Trouble is they are full of parked cars and vans, a problem...

Agreed in the sense that we wouldn't have today's modern civilisation. We'd have had a different one instead, no doubt using vehicles. Cars are not the only sort of vehicle and far from being only a benefit, they have been and still are a huge drain on society. They threaten the very...

Channel 5 should watch out. They scheduled and are showing "A Bridge Too Far" today. .

The real solution remains to get rid of i.c. altogether. We only developed this bonkers habit of driving long distances and travelling so much because i.c. engines made it possible. Without them, or if we'd had the foresight to avoid using them so much, society's structures would have...

I'm afraid I don't have any photos or personal knowledge of them, only awareness of them being around. .

I agree, I'm teasing. Whether any e-car is a good buy is hugely variable according to usage, individual buyer and intended routes. For most charging is no problem while IC fuel distribution is gradually getting to be one: Information link .

I doubt that 60% greater ecological footprint. My Leaf just exceeds 1500 kilos, not 2500. My supplier to my home charger only supplies renewable energy, so no dirty electricity here And as you might recall, WeBuyAnyCar offered me just under £21,000 for my 4.5 year old one that cost just...

If you mean the ban coming in 2035, yes it is wise. Already quite a few who've bought them often don't bother to charge when it's inconvenient, treating them as nearly full time IC cars, and the electric range of most models is very small. But the real problem from 2035 would be those who...