Sheffield 15 Min Zone

[HeHasRisen]

Its just an aspiration for most services to be within a 15 minute walk.

 

Thats it.

 

It doesnt involve mind control, the Jewish Lizards, the Rothschilds, or anything else.

[blackydog]

3 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said:

Its just an aspiration for most services to be within a 15 minute walk.

 

Thats it.

 

It doesnt involve mind control, the Jewish Lizards, the Rothschilds, or anything else.

Well yeah, but its an impossible fantasy.

At an average walking speed of 4mph (or less), your facilities would need to be within a 1 mile radius.

Many of us don't live that near to any of the facilities I mentioned above. 

[HeHasRisen]

Just now, blackydog said:

Well yeah, but its an impossible fantasy.

At an average walking speed of 4mph (or less), your facilities would need to be within a 1 mile radius.

Many of us don't live that near to any of the facilities I mentioned above. 

Indeed, its likely more a inspiration for new developments rather than existing.

 

For some reason Right Said Fred and Katie Hopkins have linked it with 6 bus gates in Oxford and are proclaiming it the end of the world.

[ads36]

10 minutes ago, blackydog said:

Well yeah, but its an impossible fantasy.

At an average walking speed of 4mph (or less), your facilities would need to be within a 1 mile radius.

that's an area of 3sq miles - it's quite big!

 

i'd suggest that many people *do* live in a 15minute neighbourhood. I think i do? - or at least nearly - it's really nice!

 

(a range of shops, pubs, cafes, schools, library, a park, a dentist, hairdressers, etc.)

 

there's even a golf course or 3, taking up huge amounts of space.

 

(i don't mind them, but i suspect most people don't live next to 3 golf courses, freeing up even more space for smaller facilities)

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[blackydog]

4 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said:

Indeed, its likely more a inspiration for new developments rather than existing.

 

For some reason Right Said Fred and Katie Hopkins have linked it with 6 bus gates in Oxford and are proclaiming it the end of the world.

I no longer have to drive into work very often (when I do it is Lincoln) but I sometimes see the number of people driving into work and think, what chance have we got of reaching global temperature limit targets, when this goes on worldwide everyday.  So I suppose in theory the aim is to be applauded. 

However, the options are crap. Trains are expensive and unreliable (and dirty). Bus services (even more so recently) are driven by profit, and are going to be forced to invest in the latest technology at high cost.

 

Electric cars that may be exempt from restrictions are extremely expensive, don't have a satisfactory infrastructure and when it comes to the global warming issue are very polluting in their manufacture.

 

 

[HeHasRisen]

Just now, blackydog said:

I no longer have to drive into work very often (when I do it is Lincoln) but I sometimes see the number of people driving into work and think, what chance have we got of reaching global temperature limit targets, when this goes on worldwide everyday.  So I suppose in theory the aim is to be applauded. 

However, the options are crap. Trains are expensive and unreliable (and dirty). Bus services (even more so recently) are driven by profit, and are going to be forced to invest in the latest technology at high cost.

 

Electric cars that may be exempt from restrictions are extremely expensive, don't have a satisfactory infrastructure and when it comes to the global warming issue are very polluting in their manufacture.

 

 

I assume with electric cars technology will get to the point where they are viable alternatives.

[blackydog]

1 minute ago, HeHasRisen said:

I assume with electric cars technology will get to the point where they are viable alternatives.

I wouldn't argue with that, but getting there has a huge cost, financially and environmentally, mainly in obtaining the lithium (and cobalt) required for the batteries. Lithium is also a finite resource.

The lithium batteries used in cars have a limited lifespan but can be used afterwards, where their reduced efficiency is less critical, in electrical storage facilities. Beyond that though, once lithium needs to be recycled, it is a hazardous procedure. 

The road to reducing dependence on fossil fuels is not a particularly scenic one. 

[Anna B]

1 hour ago, HeHasRisen said:

I assume with electric cars technology will get to the point where they are viable alternatives.

Or alternatively, remain expensive thus reducing the number of people who can afford them to only the very well off.

Car usage and emisions halved at a stroke.

0 carbon achieved, without the council having to do a thing. 

[MJ01]

7 hours ago, HeHasRisen said:

Hang on, i dont live within 15 minutes of an international airport!

 

I WONT BE ALLOWED TO GO ON HOLIDAY!11!!!!

 

 

I live in a massive house - takes me 16 minutes running at full pelt to get from the front room to the lavatory

 

WHY HAS NO-ONE ASKED ME ABOUT THIS

[MJ01]

1 hour ago, HeHasRisen said:

SNIPPED

It doesnt involve......the Jewish Lizards

I REALLY wish you hadn't mentioned the Jewish Lizards - that was Right Said Freds original band name

 

The conspiracy theorists....hard of thought....panic button specialists....people who don't quite  grasp the difference between aspiration & fact will be all over this