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Letter: Letter

Published 29 August 1998

From John Davis

Oliver argues that everyone should have a car. The problem with this is that
a human being in a car, with its necessary surrounding space when moving,
requires far more space (and fuel) than if the same individual travels on a bus
or train. Our cities, roads and countryside simply haven’t the room.

Harpenden, Hertfordshire

Issue no. 2149 published 29 August 1998

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