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Dublin bikes & those e-voting machines

Posted in Policy, Sustainable living, Transport on September 15, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Can you suggest any uses for an e-voting machine?
I’m thinking we could rent them out for Lisbon Treaty referenda — free for the first 30 minutes — and hope that users wouldn’t return them!
An idea prompted by the fact that Dublin’s new bicycles have hit the streets at last : 450 bright and robust machines [...]

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The future of motors in general?

Posted in Carbon, Policy, Sustainable living, Transport on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We’ve been watching a car crash unfold here over the last few days, as the future of General Motors was decided.  Or at least, the short-term future.
I’m posting this from southern Ontario, where in fairness thousands of jobs currently depend on the American auto industry.
As it happens, this is also the homeland of the [...]

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Motoring tips from Ryanair?

Posted in Ryanair, Transport on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s not often we agree with Ryanair’s environmental strategies. And no, we don’t know about the safety implications of asking pilots to carry at most 300 kg of extra fuel (nothing about it on Ryanair’s news page, so here’s an Irish Times report).
But carrying extra fuel adds to the weight of any vehicle, so [...]

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‘Smart’ solution to Dublin traffic?

Posted in Transport on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Hm. Call me sceptical, but . . . A report by Harry McGee in today’s Irish Times, reveals that the Department of Energy is working on a hi-tech ’smart’ system to cut commuting times and make journey times more reliable, and to enable more people to work from home, the ultimate aim being to [...]

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