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March 25, 2008
Britain Going to 15 mph Speed Limits
The latest jaw-dropper from Airstrip One:
Speed limits of just 15 miles-per-hour are to be introduced on major roads in planned new towns across the country as part of an effort to reduce global warming.
A speed limit that low will make cars no faster than bicycles. Traffic will be an absolute nightmare, with it taking everyone three times as long to get where they're going. The express purpose of totalitarian bureauweenies is to make driving so unpleasant that people will give up on using cars.
Next for Britain will be a complete ban on internal combustion engines, to be followed by restrictions on all post-medieval technology.
Meanwhile, even the U.N.'s IPCC admits that "global warming" — i.e., the slight warming trend experienced in the 80s and 90s — ended a decade ago.
If the British are going to revolt, they had better do it soon, while they still have a civilization to defend.
On a tip from Ian from the EUSSR.
Posted by Van Helsing at March 25, 2008 8:01 AM
Comments
"Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of 'emergency'. It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of Europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback. And 'emergency' became the justification of the subsequent steps. This technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains." -- Herbert Hoover
I guess not much has changed as nothing would make them happier than for people with vehicles to just "get on horseback."
Posted by: mandy at March 25, 2008 8:33 AM
What a bunch of ignorant dweebs. Below 35 mph, internal friction in the engine and drivetrain greatly cuts the efficiency of cars, so trundling down the road at 15 mph will result in more fuel useage, more unburned hydrocarbons in the atmosphere, more smog, and more CO2 being released (oh the horrors!).
Britannia is dying. Will the drunken British soccer fans save the day?
Posted by: on-the-rocks at March 25, 2008 8:39 AM
actually, most cars have peak energy efficiency at around 60-70 mph, and another efficient range area around 40 mph where most auto transmissions kick into their "D" gear. At 15 mph due to internal friction as well as being in 2nd gear, you may as well pour the gas on the ground and walk, as far as global warming is concerned
Posted by: mega at March 25, 2008 8:49 AM
actually, most cars have peak energy efficiency at around 60-70 mph, and another efficient range area around 40 mph where most auto transmissions kick into their "D" gear. At 15 mph due to internal friction as well as being in 2nd gear, you may as well pour the gas on the ground and walk, as far as global warming is concerned
Posted by: mega at March 25, 2008 8:49 AM
I agree. It's counter-productive for the reasons mentioned above, but there's an even more destructive and futile thing going on here.
Arrogant top-down city planning from scratch. It never, ever, works. I thought this lesson was finally learned after the abject failure of all the grand projects of the 50's-70's. Everything from Brasillia to "suburban estates" in Europe, to housing projects in the USA, to my high school - all failures.
I have news for all the achitects and other totalitarian collectivists involved with this crap: You aren't that smart and your plans will either fail completely or have to be propped-up at great public expense, and in some cases, with more draconian coersion - like 15 mph speed limits or by outlawing cars altogether. More rules, more taxes, and craptacular results. Sounds great.
Posted by: forest at March 25, 2008 9:42 AM
It's all about control. Silly liberals have to believe they have it.
It's part of the "replacing God" syndrome from which they all suffer.
Posted by: Jimbo at March 25, 2008 10:10 AM
How are they gonna revolt? Like Burmese and Tibetans have found out, butter knives are no match for M-16s
Posted by: wiz at March 25, 2008 12:19 PM
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/10/the_burma_revolt_is_over.html
Posted by: wiz at March 25, 2008 12:26 PM
Jimbo,
They had to replace God because they couldn't fathom a supremebeing , other than themselves.
Posted by: Farmer Ted at March 25, 2008 1:09 PM
Farmer Ted,
I think you should flog a munch muffin, then call it a day.
Posted by: wiz at March 25, 2008 2:35 PM
"Like Burmese and Tibetans have found out, butter knives are no match for M-16s
"wiz at March 25, 2008 12:19 PM"
That is something that I agree with, but WHAT is "flog a munch muffin"?
Posted by: KHarn at March 25, 2008 4:49 PM
Wiz,
????????????????????????????
Posted by: Farmer Ted at March 25, 2008 4:53 PM
I did a search on "munch muffin". It appears to be a derogatory term for a pudgy person whose clothes are too tight - in other words, their belly fat blossoming over the top of their too-tight pants, like a muffin top. Circa 2003.
What that has to do with flogging, got me.
Posted by: mega at March 25, 2008 7:09 PM
