Doug
riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:
>>> Think of congestion as subject to feedback. Attempts to decrease it
>>> will encourage more/longer vehicle journeys which will in turn return
>>> congestion to its previous level. OTH, if congestion increases, due
>>> to a number of possible factors, this will deter vehicle journeys
>>> which will also return congestion to its previous level. Despite
>>> perpetual roadbuilding for many years, in an attempt to decrease
>>> congestion, this has largely failed and congestion is as bad as ever
>>> due to the above mentioned feedback loop.
>>
>>> The only way to reduce congestion is to reduce the number of
>>> vehicles, mainly cars, on our roads.
>> Oh, yes... And that final sentence directly contradicts the previous
>> paragraph.
>>
>> In short, Duhg, you fucked up. Again.
>>
>> Please, please stop doing fucking up so publicly, so often. Let's be
>> honest, it's embarrassing for anybody who knows or respects you. OK,
>> that's not actually many people - but do you have NO self-respect
>> whatsoever?
> What you are overlooking, Adrain, is that car numbers have been steadily
> increasing for years.
No, I'm not.
> A sudden reduction in car numbers would be unprecedented
It would.
> leaving a relatively uncluttered road space and much less congestion
> and no need to build more roads. Only if car numbers returned to its
> present level would the problem itself return.
But what YOU are overlooking, as ever, is that that sudden reduction just
ain't going to happen, short of complete political suicide by a
government intent on destroying both their popular vote and the economy
of the country.
Your thoughts on the elasticity of demand caused by congestion are
interesting and relatively intelligent (to the point where I suspect you
copied them from somewhere), but - as I said in the other reply - over-
simplistic and based on a false assumption. To then introduce such an
unlikely random factor in an attempt to prove the theorem merely
highlights the fact you fucked up. Again.
