On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 20:34:37 +0100, Dave Arquati wrote:

Greg Hennessy wrote:
On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:33:07 +0100, Dave Arquati wrote:


The same logic would say that not building the Motorway Box or
any other road scheme has "caused" congestion. Congestion has arisen
because too many people want to use too little roadspace,

My, you are a bright one.

which is because the cost of travel is suboptimal.

ROTFL! Oh really. How about, there is 'too little roadspace' (sic).

Ooh, argument through sarcasm, you must be right.

Of course.

If travellers paid for the cost of congestion they impose upon other
users, then there wouldn't be "too little roadspace",

That statement is so economically illiterate it doesn't require further
comment.

When compared to our immediate neighbours and competitors, the UK clearly
does have 'too little roadspace' (sic).

Something which implies a lack of supply.

Building new roads merely lowers the cost of travel

As does adding capacity to any service, your point ?

I'm sorry, I thought it was quite obvious, but I need to spell it out;
new capacity does not automatically relieve congestion.

ROTFL! It does if enough capacity is added.


I just lurve how the 'logical' trot out this fallacious article of eco
dogma.

Who said anything about eco dogma? This is simple economics.

Something which you clearly have no appreciation of.

[snip more uninformed....]


The demand for road space is clearly not infinite.

No, but there's an awful lot of suppressed demand. Really, go and look
it up.

Most amusing coming from someone who is unaware of the opportunity costs
caused by suppressed demand.

Imagine the consequences if the same dogma was applied to other transport
infrastructure such as power, gas or telephony.



greg


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