Controversial UK public transport opinions.
- HS2 needs to built. All the way to Scotland.
- HS3-13 also need to be built.
- We need another rail connection to the continent.
"But how do we afford to do that ?" I can already hear some of you racing to type.
To which I ask one very simple question.
"How can we afford not to?"
@quixoticgeek Also, we need to dig up and replace the entire sewer system with segregated black water and rainwater systems. That means digging up every road in the UK, est. £700Bn.
The UK has built up a Mount Everest of technical debt since our infrastructure went in circa 1830-1880, and it's all coming due this century.
@etchedpixels @cstross @quixoticgeek
https://youtu.be/THoCE_9tyfk?si=_gjbXn-OrvSHx1Uf
Reminds me of this lovely and very sensible old advert.
Quixoticgeek
Charlie Stross
The Penguin of Evil
Matthew Newell