Hot Air in Copenhagen
So today, the big climate change conference starts in Copenhagen. Yawn! Yawn!
I’m cynical anything of any substance will emerge.
Prudence bashes on about how he is at the forefront of reducing our energy use, but this article in the Telegraph says otherwise.
These are two paragraphs from the article.
His former chief scientist Professor Sir David King said he frequently urged Downing Street to spend money on energy saving measures in order to create jobs and cut carbon – but was repeatedly ignored.
And in a separate interview with the Daily Telegraph, the world’s top environmental watchdog Achim Steiner, the head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), also said the Labour Government failed to “pick the low hanging fruit” of insulating homes and investing in renewable energy.
Typical Prudence, all waffle and bluster, and absolutely no substance. He doesn’t even have any style.
But I’m totally against this sort of junket. It should be done remotely by electronic means, with perhaps two or three important people from each country in Copenhagen to dot i’s and cross t’s.
Cambridge Busway – The Real Winners
It is starting to be obvious, who are going to be the real winners from the Cambridge Busway – The lawyers! This article in the Cambridge Evening News opens with the following.
A major court battle is looming over the cost of Cambridgeshire’s guided bus project after contractors claimed it could cost millions more to build than originally budgeted.
Cambridgeshire County Council and the builders have been at loggerheads over the guided bus contract for years.
When they say major battle, that will probably be true as the busway was budgeted to cost £118.2 million and the contractors say it will cost upwards of £30 million more.
The lawyers are going to love this one.
I’m also glad I don’t live in Cambridgeshire, as I suspect the council taxpayers of that county will be footing the bill in the end.
Can this be one of the reasons why the busway was built? If it had been heavy rail, then the excess costs would have fallen on Network Rail, which would actually mean the government. Here Cambridgeshire get that toxic parcel!
And there is still no opening date for the busway.
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