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We don’t drive at 200mph, so why do we need HS2?
The reason why Shinkansen trains are accepted in Japan is because they were built at a time when everyone bought into the fast life idea. Practically no one questioned it. The economic benefits, GDP and all of that. Those things that a rapidly increasing contingent of us now know to be unnecessary, and are actually…
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Talk about Climate Solutions (and make changes yourself)
The biggest problem with the youth climate movement right now is that there’s not enough talk about the actual solutions which we can implement in our own lives as well as from a political and business standpoint. The science is clear. And we have to unite behind it. But people don’t know what that means,…
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Are hydrogen powered cars the future or the transition towards electric cars?
Hydrogen fuel cells have one major benefit over fully electric cars. You can fill them up in the same way you fill up your petrol or hybrid car. You don’t have to wait for them to charge. The benefits probably end there though. They’re about half as efficient as fully electric, require a complicated process…
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Personal Green Transportation, what are the options?
This is something I’ve been thinking about quite a lot recently. I don’t own a car and I don’t intend to any time soon but I do want an alternative to walking or taking the bus around. The obvious answer would be to cycle. And while that was my initial thought, road / pavement cycling…