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\"DSC_2911\"<\/a>Last week I wrote a short blog on what I thought the three most pressing environmental problems were.\u00a0 For all three I gave a brief assessment on the will to deal with them.\u00a0 In no particular order I decided to deal with\u00a0particulate pollution first.\u00a0 This is in part due to several things I read in the paper.\u00a0 The first is that air pollution is linked to changes in heart structure.\u00a0 Its been known for many years that\u00a0particulate pollution causes heart disease now a recent study<\/a> may suggest why.\u00a0 The second is my councils potential new transport strategy.<\/p>\n

Its obvious that most pollution is caused particulates from transport (mostly diesel) with some contribution from other combustion such as open fires\/wood burners and gas central heating systems.\u00a0 The political problem is considerable.\u00a0 Governments\/councils are frightened to take on the motoring lobby.\u00a0 They have hidden behind blaming wood burners.\u00a0 They have also promised a transition to electric vehicles.\u00a0 Wood burners make a contribution (or at least wood burning does, it may be open fires) although there are many more cars on the road than wood burners or open fires.\u00a0 Switching to electric vehicles will help but 50% of the particulate pollution comes from the tyres\/brakes\/road etc so this is a help but not a total solution.\u00a0 Also as we pointed out in our book<\/a> electric vehicles don’t solve the shear unpleasant nature of traffic infested cities.<\/p>\n

Edinburgh council is bravely preparing to take on motorists with a plan to severely restrict cars in the centre of the city thus reclaiming the streets for cyclists and pedestrians, as well as public transport.\u00a0 Edinburgh is a growing city with an increasing number of tourists.\u00a0 At the moment the city is rammed full of cars (most driven by local residents but also some tourists).\u00a0 The only solution to particulate pollution and traffic volume is to ban cars from the city centre, encourage cycling and improve public transport.\u00a0\u00a0 The council is going to start with a series of car free Sundays (this will affect my church so I will see the effects first hand) and consulate the public on further measures to extend the ban more permanently.<\/p>\n

Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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