[Travel] Heathrow Expansion

[nicko31]

Heathrow third runway ruled "illegal" over climate change for not adequately taking into account the government’s climate change commitments.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51658693

700 more planes a day by 2028, surely flies in the face of net zero emissions by 2050?

 

[AmexRuislip]

Heathrow third runway ruled "illegal" over climate change for not adequately taking into account the government’s climate change commitments.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51658693

700 more planes a day by 2028, surely flies in the face of net zero emissions by 2050?

All those people hanging on in Harmondsworth for big money payouts for their houses

 

[portlock seagull]

Battles not over yet but this was my line of argument years ago. I don’t give a shit about whatever jobs and prosperity it brings. I want to breath clean air instead. The tossers making the decisions scoot off to their country pads leaving us to suck on fumes. Small victory today but we just can’t go on putting climate down the bottom of every priority list. Enough is enough.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

PM Johnson must be sighing the biggest sigh of relief. I heard those bulldozers could kill a man.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Battles not over yet but this was my line of argument years ago. I don’t give a shit about whatever jobs and prosperity it brings. I want to breath clean air instead. The tossers making the decisions scoot off to their country pads leaving us to suck on fumes. Small victory today but we just can’t go on putting climate down the bottom of every priority list. Enough is enough.

This.

 

[mothy]

3rd runway at Heathrow & 2nd runway at Gatwick please.

Environmental impact is an irrelevance as in the future planes will be hydrogen powered or other synthetic clean fuel@%1;

 

[beorhthelm]

interesting conflict of priorities being played out here. do the public want cheap air travel to holidays abroad or cleaner air and reduced green house gases?

 

[nicko31]

Maybe time for a carbon allowance, if you don't use it you can sell it on, ultimately it will limit air travel growth. VAT on internal flights to help fund rail expansion

Problem is bigger airports means, its more cars and more roads, it will never end.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Battles not over yet but this was my line of argument years ago. I don’t give a shit about whatever jobs and prosperity it brings. I want to breath clean air instead. The tossers making the decisions scoot off to their country pads leaving us to suck on fumes. Small victory today but we just can’t go on putting climate down the bottom of every priority list. Enough is enough.

I did hear a rumour that the third runway at LHR, was being funded by NSC for [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] personal holiday hub getaway
You know, those special MOD perks

 

[beorhthelm]

Maybe time for a carbon allowance, if you don't use it you can sell it on, ultimately it will limit air travel growth.

its will make people focus on what they really want or need to do.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

So now it comes to Gatwick?

Goodbye to huge swathes of Sussex under a sea of concrete.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

So now it comes to Gatwick?

Goodbye to huge swathes of Sussex under a sea of concrete.

Gatwick's already got a second runway. It's a sort of standby for emergencies and for when the main runway is out of action

 

[Chicken Run]

Government have confirmed they won’t appeal the decision! No surprise there seeing who the PM is ...

Maybe it was shrewd to continue with the M23 smart motorway improvements after all....

 

[Boys 9d]

Will there now be a new proposal for the "Boris Island" Airport in the Thames Estuary?

 

[Chicken Run]

Gatwick's already got a second runway. It's a sort of standby for emergencies and for when the main runway is out of action

But it can’t be used in tandem with
26L/08R which is why they want a second at LGW.

 

[Ernest]

Another Grayling balls up

 

[Chicken Run]

Another Grayling balls up

Who?

 

[A1X]

Will there now be a new proposal for the "Boris Island" Airport in the Thames Estuary?

As if our PM would be so vainglorious as to do such a thing...

 

[doogie004]

Will there now be a new proposal for the "Boris Island" Airport in the Thames Estuary?

The cost of building this in the middle of nowhere airport would be crazy longer journey in cars lorries for deliveries etc
Make shoreham bigger [emoji23]


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[Questions]

interesting conflict of priorities being played out here. do the public want cheap air travel to holidays abroad or cleaner air and reduced green house gases?

Cheaper flights obviously.