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On Mar 15, 12:10=A0am, JNugent  wrote: > On 14/03/2011 23:46, Tony Raven wrote: > > > > > JNugent wrote: > >> On 14/03/2011 21:48, Tony Raven wrote: > >>> Derek C wrote: > >>>> Isn't time also a finite resource? Driving from London to Scotland > >>>> takes for ever driving at 70 mph. > >>> Takes a lot less time on the train at 125mph. Less time than it takes= to > >>> drive to Manchester. Plus you can read, snooze, watch a movie, eat or > >>> whatever on the way rather than just sitting there holding a steering > >>> wheel. > >> As you know only too well, only cyclists (who are apparently Considera= bly > >> Richer than Yow on average) can afford such an unjustifiable expense. > >> Especially seeing that it scales up 100% a time for incrementing the n= umber > >> of passengers in the party. > > About =A340-50 one way travelling next week which compares very favoura= bly with > > the costs of driving. The average car occupancy is not a lot more than = one so > > the circumstances where there are more in the party is rare. But if the= re > > are, it doesn't scale up 100% a time because you can use a Family and F= riends > > railcard to get discounts for parties. > > Why "nest week"? > > What about tomorrow? Or better still, right now (0:10)? > > The worst thing about all your stuff is that people like you really *beli= eve* > it. Of course, on your planet, everyone knows everything and carefully pl= ans > everything weeks in advance and takes the same sort of anal delight in th= e > study of railway timetables that you obviously do. They also don't have h= eavy > luggage to take and they definitely don't require the use of a car whilst= at > the other end of their journey. > > On Earth, though, life is more complicated than that. > > How much would it cost me from London to Edinburgh tomorrow morning at ar= ound > 09:00?

Stellar post, Mr N. Sums up the impracticality of the car-haters' views perfectly. We'll see what Squawk has to say (if he dares to reply at all).