A while ago I said that the train just wasn’t a viable alternative to the car when making a trip into Brighton because you’re inevitably doing something else afterwards that needs the car.

Well yesterday I managed to use the train. Two of us went from Lancing to Brighton, spent some time shopping and running errands and then caught the train back.

And it was an entirely painless experience. It would still have cost too much compared to the car had we not stayed in Brighton for some hours, but aside from cost it was convenient, quick and not too crowded.

So I feel a little better about my carbon footprint. I continue to believe that the government’s attitude to resolving the current state of affairs is politically bent rather than being in the genuine interests of the environment (in the same way as socialists are always pretending to be in favour of the poor) but public transport is not always the wrong choice!

Actions for the government:
Provide tax-breaks to companies that are developing instead-of-oil techologies (and provide protection for those companies from take-over by oil-interest companies).
Provide tax-breaks (the opposite of the negative levies the government normally favours) for products that have a clear long-term benefit


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