> On 8 Sep, 12:41, "Dr Zoidberg" drzoidberg.co.uk>
> wrote:

>> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:71a8c820-65bc-4859-8534-43d856dbe721@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>>

>>> The list of harm caused by mass car use seems to be growing ever
>>> longer. Will it ever stop?

>>

>>> "...But equally foolish is the covering so much land with concrete
>>> and tarmac - which prevents water soaking into the ground and
>>> allows it to run off. Houses used to have decent-sized gardens,
>>> with grass and exposed soil to mop up large quantities of
>>> rainwater. Now even expensive houses are packed close together and
>>> what open ground remains is taken up with hard standing for a
>>> couple of BMWs plus a large patio for the barbecue..."

>>
>> That has nothing to do with the roads , and everything to do with
>> developers wanting to cram houses in and planners letting them.
>>
>> By contrast the amount of the land covered by roads themselves is
>> tiny , and cramming houses in means less miles of roads rather than
>> more
>>

> I'd hardly call motorways 'tiny' and it all adds to flooding, as do
> car parks and front gardens turned into car parks.