Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling
by Jaruzel on Sunday November 18, 2018 @08:36AM
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Pull up a map of Greater London, and look at Biggin Hill (very south part of the map). There's no train or tube out here, and the bus routes basically run North and South requiring at least a change to get anywhere useful. We are INSIDE London, and part of a London Borough, having a car here is almostly mandatory if you actually want to get anywhere in a timely manner, or if you work in central London. It 's ridiculous as we're only 20ish miles from Westminster as the crow flies.
Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling
by Balero on Sunday November 18, 2018 @03:16PM
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What are you talking about! You just walk to the airport and fly straight to London city!
But in all seriousness, that does look pretty poorly connected, but it also looks like the only place. Some people I know from Slough, Kew, and Watford all don't know how to drive, and none seems to have suffered from it.
I also disagree that anywhere in London requires a car. And doubly that anyone from the perimeter requires a car early on. I know many people who lived in these areas and did not learn to drive.
Smaller towns and rural areas in the UK do require having a car to live effectively in.