From: Ronald Raygun 
Subject: Re: Road pricing - have your say
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:04:13 GMT

Alex wrote:

> At 15:56:57 on 14/02/2007, Ronald Raygun delighted uk.finance by
> announcing:
> 
>> Alex wrote:
>> > 
>> > Why would you want to discourage the economically necessary driving
>> > (commuting) yet allow the driving that does little other than
>> > contribute to climate change?
>> 
>> Commuting may be "economically necessary" (though in fact it's best to
>> reduce the need for it by making sure you live close to your work),
>> but it isn't "necessary" to commute by driving.
> 
> It most certainly is for me unless I want to quadruple the time and
> money it costs me*.

There you go.   You confirm it isn't necessary, merely convenient.

> It is also necessary for people such as GPs to have private cars.

Why?  They could have work-only cars without needing private cars.
They can commute like everyone else.

We had GPs before cars had been invented, so obviously it's not
*necessary* for them to have cars.

Horses?  They can cut through traffic jams much more effectively.
 
> *Until the office moves when I shall be able to cycle.

Good lad.

>> Most of the contribution driving makes to climate change comes from
>> most of the driving that is being done.  Commuting is it.  Driving in
>> support of leisure pursuits makes only a minor contribution.  Hence
>> by eliminating commuter driving, leaving only leisure driving, the
>> overall CC contribution from driving would be vastly reduced.
> 
> And the overall CC would be hardly touched.

Where can I find a nice concise[*] source of information about the top X
of the country's CO2 emission sources, where road transport is the Xth?
And preferably also a breakdown of the road transport emissions by
category (haulage, buses, commercial travelling, commuting, other private).

[*] I don't want to spend a lot of effort searching for this, so if you
have something to hand, I'd be grateful for any pointers.