http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "THE CARBON CYCLE?" By Dave du Feu en Sun, 31 May 2026 17:33:27 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16055#post-243238 Mon, 20 Feb 2017 23:57:00 +0000 I were right about that saddle 243238@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I take it someone's done a full cycle carbon analysis for rail <em>vs</em> air travel from Edinburgh to London say? Huge amount of concrete and diesel needed for rail infrastructure that isn't required for air travel. </p> <p>HS2 must be belching the stuff. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16055#post-243226 Mon, 20 Feb 2017 17:17:24 +0000 chdot 243226@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>The SNP’s plan to slash Air Passenger Duty will benefit the wealthy rather than low-income families, transport campaigners have said. </p> <p>In written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s finance committee, Transform Scotland also claimed the move to halve APD would attract new air passengers but mainly people switching from rail.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/air-levy-cuts-will-help-the-wealthy-rather-than-the-poor-1-4371713" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/air-levy-cuts-will-help-the-wealthy-rather-than-the-poor-1-4371713</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16055#post-211784 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:34:10 +0000 chdot 211784@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>One of the most politically sensitive issues in terms of the social change required to achieve a low carbon future is that of transport. </p> <p>The Scottish Government is wedded to transport policies which pull primarily in the wrong direction as regards climate. Expenditure on motorways and trunk roads is high and rising, with rail funding down in the draft 16/17 budget and active travel investment (i.e. cycling and walking) stuck below 2% of total transport spending. Early populist policies including the abolition of Forth and other Bridge tolls and hospital parking charges are now followed by the intent to scrap Air Passenger Duty. Such policies redistribute resources from the general taxpayer to car owners and air passengers; they also encourage more use of unsustainable travel means and, in a vicious circle, the dispersion of jobs, homes, facilities and holidays - all of which impact negatively on sustainable transport modes and on emissions.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scottishpolicynow.co.uk/article/the-carbon-cycle" rel="nofollow">http://www.scottishpolicynow.co.uk/article/the-carbon-cycle</a> </p>