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9th June 2024 A few weeks ago I read a couple of papers looking at electric vehicles, and that came to the conclusion that carbon emissions can be reduced by replacing the existing car fleet by electric vehicles (see The UK: A Low Carbon Location to Manufacture, Drive & Recycle Electric Vehicles and Lifecycle Analysis…

I came across this advert for SUVs (4 by 4’s, or sports utility vehicles) on a local bus stop recently. In fact, I’ve seen it on several bus stops. This one was in a poor and somewhat run down working class area. Adverts like these are having a major effect on the car market and…

19th August 2023: Tyre Extinguisher’s are not the only ones taking direct action on the UK’s streets on the issue of car’s. All across the UK it seems that car drivers are rising up in outrage at any idea of restrictions being placed on their right to drive. Here is a small sample of recent…

19th August 2023: “We will make it impossible to own an SUV in the world’s urban areas.“ Around 60 Land Rover’s had their tyres punctured at a dealership in Exeter by a Bristol based Tyre Extinguishers group on 7th August. This represents a significant ramping up of action by this group which up until now…

15th May 2023: It’s a common misconception among the general population that things like recycling, switching light bulbs, or buying food free from plastic packaging are good ways to reduce your carbon footprint. This is not surprising given that most of the sources of information out there, from governments to NGOs to textbooks to websites,…

22nd April 2023: A spate of 4×4 direct actions occurred in Bristol recently (see e.g. Novara Media), with the words This Machine Kills Kids being spray painted on the side of the vehicles. There have been a spate of such actions in Bristol in recent months, and in fact such actions take place regularly across…

12 April 2023: I have just read Paul Chatterton’s book Unlocking Sustainable Cities, published in 2019 by Pluto Press, and wanted to share my thoughts on it. Firstly, it’s a great website, and I encourage you to check it out if only to marvel at it. It’s got lots of great art by James McKay,…

29th March 2023: For the past few weeks, as I’ve been developing this site, I’ve found myself reflecting over my life, and the reasons why I’ve never learned to drive or owned a car, and what made me different, whether this has hampered my freedom or crippled me in some way, and of the way…

26th March 2023: I want an end, a complete ban, on all corporate advertising, and in this blog post I want to explain why that is necessary. All across the world groups, individuals and communities are involved in projects known as behaviour change projects, where the aim is to challenge existing behaviours with a view…

26th March 2023: If you clicked on this link thinking that you’ll find lots of arguments about why car free cities are good for the economy, then I’m afraid you’re gonna be disappointed. One of the reasons I love the idea of car-free cities so much is because I think they’re probably really bad for the economy.…