Greenies salivate at bullshit car pollution figures

The Age, still smug over convincing a few people to turn a few lights out for an our before going back to their usual high-consuming lives, has published a story headlined Car lovers drive pollution surge which says “Victorian motorists have contributed to a massive surge in greenhouse gas emissions, with State Government figures showing transport pollution has soared by more than 25% in the past two decades.”

Shocking stuff. But then about 10 paragraphs later this line: Road transport, which includes all passenger vehicles and truck freight, is the largest component, contributing 14.8% of the state’s total emissions (I would have thought it was much higher).

Truck freight? So it’s not just car lovers then. That’s what the headline implied - lying fucks!

Interesting too how the story does not mention how much growth there has been in the number of vehicles in the past two decades - selective fucks!

What shits me about these kinds of stories is that it assumes that people get up in the morning and get on the West Gate, Eastern or Monash Freeways to get stuck for 40 minutes because they love nothing better than  listening to Kate and fucking Hughsey. Or that when they have to drive grandma to hospital it’s simply because they fancy the drive. Why are cars becoming the new smoking? I am fucked if I’m going to apologise to any cunt for driving a car or justify when or where I fucking well use it.

The story then goes on to say that these damning statistics will bolster opponents of Sir Rod Eddington’s recommendations to link Melbourne’s freeways - that’s all we need, more fucking NIMBYs.

Don’t these stupid fucking people realise that if there were seamless freeway links and better traffic flow that cars would spend less time on the roads thus there would be less pollution. Same with parking spots.

Greens MP Greg Barber predicted Labor would “lose votes everywhere” if it built the new road tunnel. He said the project would “soak up billions of dollars that could be used more efficiently moving people around by fast public transport”.

Yeah? Well Greg Barber knows shit!

There needs to be better public transport AND better roads. One need not be stronger than the other. We live in a huge city and unlike some inner city types, who live, work and score drugs within a one kilometre radius, most people have to work, access services and shop well beyond where they live.

For fuck’s sake, let’s stop this anti-car bullshit and ensure that Melbourne is easily accessible by all forms of transport.

NB: The author catches the train to work everyday.