Prince Charles urges people to abandon cars

[MikeWB]

F'n royal parasites. How about they abandon all of their palaces and private planes that waste tonnes of fuel to cary 2 or 3 people around?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/6216049/Prince-Charles-urges-people-to-abandon-car-in-favour-of-walking-and-public-transport.html

Prince Charles urges people to abandon car in favour of walking and public transport
The Prince of Wales is urging people to give up their cars in favour of walking and public transport to try to reduce carbon emissions.
 
By Andrew Pierce
Published: 6:03AM BST 21 Sep 2009

Prince Charles still drives an Aston Martin given to him by the Queen on his 21st birthday Photo: IAN JONES
The Prince, who has two Jaguars, two Audis, a Range Rover and still drives an Aston Martin given to him by the Queen on his 21st birthday, said developers had a duty to put public transport and the pedestrian at the heart of their housing schemes.
Speaking about the "domination of the car over the pedestrian", the future King said: "We must surely be able to organise ourselves... in ways in which we are not dependent on it to such a great extent for our daily needs."
 
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The Prince said the principle of "elevating the pedestrian above the car" was one of the guiding factors of Poundbury – his model development in Dorset. The importance of "pedestrian friendly public space" is central to the Poundbury ethos.
This kind of public transport-oriented development is fundamental to achieving the ultimate goal of a low carbon community, and it is very likely that such communities, far from being austere, will actually become the sought-after places where people will choose to live and spend their time."
The Prince, in a foreword to a report Building for the Future, also highlighted how green building materials could help tackle the problem of climate change.
He said that his architectural charity – the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment – was creating a "natural house" using green materials such as clay blocks and sheep's wool for insulation. It is taking shape at the Building Research Establishment's Innovation Park in Watford.
In his article, the Prince said: "The natural house will raise important findings about true sustainability that I hope will be useful to a building industry facing root-and-branch change in the next few years.
"I am sure that well-informed consumers will demand more of their new homes – not only energy efficiency, but attractive, spacious and natural constituent parts of real communities."

[Father Brown]

I'll give up my car when I see Charlie running through Hyde Park to the Green Park tube station.

[Reboot]

Yes, it's back to the dark ages. Wipe your arses with your hands and let us spit at you, you filthy animals:

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[holyland]

no tp?  time to stop shaking hands with strangers.