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From: PeterG on 31 Dec 2009 03:45 On Dec 31, 7:13 am, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > On 30 Dec, 18:48, "The Medway Handyman" > > <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > Doug wrote: > > > On 30 Dec, 08:52, "The Medway Handyman" > > > <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > >> Doug wrote: > > >>> On 29 Dec, 15:33, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > > >>>> In article <a3cf6e72-619c-4027-aa20-5c3fc6639d01 > > >>>> @d21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Doug says... > > > >>>>>> I wonder how the residents get their food and the goods they > > >>>>>> buy.... > > > >>>>> Shouldn't be too difficult for you to work it out. Think lifts > > >>>>> instead of cars, with trains bring the goods to the base of the > > >>>>> city. Cycles or electric buggies could be used for horizontal > > >>>>> travel at each level. > > > >>>> Really? Any idea how many tonnes of supplied an average town gets > > >>>> through in a day? Here's a clue, its well into four figures. Hell, > > >>>> the local Tesco in Bridlington gets 200 tonnes per day of > > >>>> deliveries and its not the sole supermarket nor the sole recipient > > >>>> of goods in that town. > > > >>>> How many bicycles and electric buggies do you think it'd take to > > >>>> move 1000 tonnes of goods per day? > > > >>> You clearly haven't begun to grasp this concept or don't want to. > > > >> Question neatly avoided. How would you move 1000 tonnes of good per > > >> day? > > > > The obvious clumsily avoided by you. The same as anywhere else, fork > > > lift trucks, preferably electric. Now would you like to deal with the > > > main point that cars would no longer be needed? > > > Electric fork lift trucks? How do the goods get to the vertical city in the > > first place? Are you a complete idiot? > > Clearly you have a serious reading problem and are inattentive. I have > already dealt with this and the answer is 'by train'. > > > Cars no longer needed? So how long would it take you to go from Kent to > > Corwall in an electric buggy? > > Why would you need to when you have everything you need at hand in > your vertical city? The whole point is that it minimises the need for > harmful, excessive travel and especially car travel. Of course those > who, like yourself, seem to suffer from itinerant wander lust could > probably get suitable treatment. > > -- > UK Radical Campaignswww.zing.icom43.net > Travel broadens the damage. You can just imagine these verticle citys. There you are walking along one of the internal walkways (under artificial light) when all of a sudden an idiot on a bike charges round the corner with no regard for pedestrians & knocks you off your feet. PeterG
From: Derek Geldard on 31 Dec 2009 04:59 On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:13:33 -0800 (PST), Doug <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote: >On 30 Dec, 18:48, "The Medway Handyman" ><davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> Doug wrote: >> > On 30 Dec, 08:52, "The Medway Handyman" >> > <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> >> Doug wrote: >> >>> On 29 Dec, 15:33, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >> >>>> In article <a3cf6e72-619c-4027-aa20-5c3fc6639d01 >> >>>> @d21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Doug says... >> >> >>>>>> I wonder how the residents get their food and the goods they >> >>>>>> buy.... >> >> >>>>> Shouldn't be too difficult for you to work it out. Think lifts >> >>>>> instead of cars, with trains bring the goods to the base of the >> >>>>> city. Cycles or electric buggies could be used for horizontal >> >>>>> travel at each level. >> >> >>>> Really? Any idea how many tonnes of supplied an average town gets >> >>>> through in a day? Here's a clue, its well into four figures. Hell, >> >>>> the local Tesco in Bridlington gets 200 tonnes per day of >> >>>> deliveries and its not the sole supermarket nor the sole recipient >> >>>> of goods in that town. >> >> >>>> How many bicycles and electric buggies do you think it'd take to >> >>>> move 1000 tonnes of goods per day? >> >> >>> You clearly haven't begun to grasp this concept or don't want to. >> >> >> Question neatly avoided. How would you move 1000 tonnes of good per >> >> day? >> >> > The obvious clumsily avoided by you. The same as anywhere else, fork >> > lift trucks, preferably electric. Now would you like to deal with the >> > main point that cars would no longer be needed? >> >> Electric fork lift trucks? �How do the goods get to the vertical city in the >> first place? �Are you a complete idiot? >> >Clearly you have a serious reading problem and are inattentive. I have >already dealt with this and the answer is 'by train'. First, you should do it then you can talk about it. Derek
From: MasonS on 31 Dec 2009 05:20 On 30 Dec, 19:05, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > BTW, the 12k figure isn't based on my personal local experience, it is a > national average statistic. My personal local experience is 8k. Excellent. My car does 12,000 miles a year, so I am paying far more in fuel duty and tax than you are. -- Simon Mason
From: Bod on 31 Dec 2009 05:23 MasonS(a)BP.com wrote: > On 30 Dec, 19:05, "The Medway Handyman" > <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> BTW, the 12k figure isn't based on my personal local experience, it is a >> national average statistic. My personal local experience is 8k. > > Excellent. > My car does 12,000 miles a year, so I am paying far more in fuel duty > and tax than you are. > > -- > Simon Mason > > Sorry, but that still doesn't qualify you for a Blue Peter badge. Bod
From: JNugent on 31 Dec 2009 06:17
Doug wrote: > Why would you need to when you have everything you need at hand in > your vertical city? The whole point is that it minimises the need for > harmful, excessive travel and especially car travel. Of course those > who, like yourself, seem to suffer from itinerant wander lust could > probably get suitable treatment. Exactly. Who, once enclosed in a tower block somewhere in Urban Primus, Airstrip One, might wish to see the sea, or the countryside, let alone the Mediterranean Sea or the Taj Mahal? Why would anyone sane want to see the sky? Or the rain? Visit a relative? Go to the theatre? Play football? Go for a walk in the mountains? Best stay permanently indoors and do as they're told, eh? |