01-03-14, 10:21 PM
The "we don't have enough data" argument is, frankly, a red herring, although, IMO, the original petition should probably have not mentioned emissions at all.
The point is that bikes cut congestion because when all the cages stop, the bikes are filtering through the gaps, thus not sitting there burning fuel and therefore using less. If there were more bikes, there would be even less congestion.
As for "[color=rgb(34, 34, 34)]unavoidable economic challenge of tackling the debts inherited from the previous Government"[/color], this is total bullshit, George Osborne has borrowed more money in the last three years than the last Government did in 13!
The Tories have lied about "paying off our debts", with their Austerity crap, all they are reducing is the *deficit* which is the difference between how much we get and how much we spend.
The point is that bikes cut congestion because when all the cages stop, the bikes are filtering through the gaps, thus not sitting there burning fuel and therefore using less. If there were more bikes, there would be even less congestion.
As for "[color=rgb(34, 34, 34)]unavoidable economic challenge of tackling the debts inherited from the previous Government"[/color], this is total bullshit, George Osborne has borrowed more money in the last three years than the last Government did in 13!
The Tories have lied about "paying off our debts", with their Austerity crap, all they are reducing is the *deficit* which is the difference between how much we get and how much we spend.