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I knew about that and the authorities are cracking down. However, once again, even if they didn't trucks are not the problem, why can't you see that? 86% of the UK population with their cars and vans live in towns and cities and that is where the pollution hotspots are that greatly exceed...

But still by far the lesser amount. And this is without mentioning Nitrogen dioxide and particulates and you've left out van CO2. And I'd remind once again that the bulk of the large truck mileage isn't in the polluted cities where the damage is being done. Dealing with trucks can't and...

Skilfully naughty though! .

There's a need to keep a sense of perspective and not exaggerate the problems by clutching at every possible but highly unlikely snag. Dealing with the things you raise in order: So what if the container terminal has few staff, the barges containing many lorry loads are pulled by one tugboat...

Hi Dingo57, welcome to the forum. You've got a great country to explore. .

I'd challenge that he's even good at the first. Long ago he inherited his clever father's large and successful business and promptly took it into bankruptcy. The only thing that then saved him was the property boom, hugely inflating prices of what he still had making it possible for him to buy...

But the barges can't go to where the goods are needed, so they must still end up on trucks. The same goes for the railways. Today's container transport is very efficient, in the final stage using a tiny fraction of the vehicles on our roads to get goods right to where they are needed...

Indeed it took more. It took lies, bluff and rabble rousing the easily led. Proves once again that the people get the poor governance they deserve. .

Is that all? .

That's a spot check figure, and still leaves a Tory minority. Labour and LibDem alone outnumber them, without counting the SNP and others. It shows Theresa May still fails to convince, her general election decline in support continuing. .

Probably uses a very big hammer. Kills two birds with one stone, flattens the batteries and gets rid of frustrations! :D .

Surely David Miliband if we can attract him back? Ed didn't do very well in office, too often seeming uncertain. Reminder, there's one L in Miliband. ;) .

Not so, I'm speaking of a relative problem. Of course ideally we'd have zero pollution but we have to be practical. At present there are a number of city zones that are breaking pollution limits and they can easily be brought within the limits by controlling the pollution from all the many...

Yes, but only a fraction of 44t trucks to the number of cars and vans, so the HGV pollution isn't a problem. We don't need to get rid of all exhaust pollution, just reduce it to acceptable levels that don't harm people. Cleaning up cars and vans plus banning the oldest high emission trucks...

There's no intention of these going electric, they're handled in different ways. Firstly they aren't much of a pollution problem in the open countryside. Secondly they aren't so much when they enter cities, since for each 44 tonne truck there's a load of cars and vans. Cleaning up the cars...

Broadly I agree, but it is doing some good. A number of companies delivering in London now have electric vans and one even has some electric trucks. Our London taxis will shortly only be available as hybrids capable of at least 70 miles on electric only and only allowed to use electric drive...

Cleaner air on the way for London cyclists and pedestrians. The existing Congestion Charge zone already has an extra £12.50 per day from next April for polluting older vehicles, on top of the £11.50 daily congestion charge. Now the Ultra Low Pollution Zone is to be extended out to the North...

Not in our case. Many of the dog walkers are members of our Friends of the Reserve organisation, paying membership fees and donations and with an active Facebook group. There'd be an instant fuss! .

China has stopped taking our low grade scrap! :D .

Unfortunately they are in there with permission, since the bylaws have conditions for dog walking, such things as maximum 4 dogs per person, pick up poo, should not be out of control etc. They break all of them of course. We have a sign for some bigger animals: .