On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 12:01:02 +0100
"Robin" wrote:
Logic actually favours no expansion at all. The much quoted hub
airport
will do nothing for UK Plc other than put more money into the pockets
of
the airport owners and will be an enviromental disaster wherever its
located. But of course as soon as someone says this you get the usual
vested interests shouting them down saying they're anti business and
banging on about "growth".

So all those other countries/cities[1] which have developed 4-runway[2]
airports are stupid?

How many airports does each of those cities have? As a reference point
London has:

Heathrow
Gatwick
Luton
Stansted
City
Southend

And people honestly believe we need even more capacity. Its a ****ing joke.

As if a constant increase in GDP is all
that makes a pleasant country to live in.

Could luck campaiging for votes on a manifesto of "let's stand still and
let the rest of the world get richer". You might be happy with the
prospect of the same per capita GDP (PPP) as, say, the average African
has currently but I doubt many others would.

Do you understand what GDP is? Its simply the amount of money moving around the
system, its not an absolute measure of wealth, health or prosperity. If you
want a high GDP you simply get people buying disposable crap they don't need
which is why politicians love it when retail does well.

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Spud