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Paul Luton

@paulluton.bsky.social

Chemist by education ,retired teacher, National Trust guide and Nature conservation volunteer who uses a bicycle to see the world. Pressing for safer cycling routes so that more people can enjoy it too.

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As I recall iff you could get the reaction to go fast enough at a low temperature then you wouldn't need such a high pressure to push the equilibrium forward.
Are they thinking of such a big scale that a slow process would work.

07.12.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Visitors come from all over the world too.

07.12.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ten pounds per head will not achieve much.

07.12.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No but planning and providing the safe and attractive infrastructure will encourage us.
The targets are an incentive to governments local and national to play their parts.

07.12.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Roman world has influenced Britain for millennia.

07.12.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy Clogged up Britain

car dependency is crippling the UK theconversation.com/how-the-uks-... "for the UK to be more like Singapore, the government needs to make motorists pay much more for their car use. To be more like the Netherlands, it must take away their space"

06.12.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I also meet a lot of active, happy, engaged seniors. I love asking them what their secret is, and it's always two things:

1: Stay moving. At a certain you either stretch or walk daily or you can't move. Start NOW.

2: Sometimes to care about. Garden. Grandkids. Pets. Doesn't matter.

05.12.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1554    πŸ” 226    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 7

I said entirely. Given quiet streets as when I was growing up kids didn't always bother to go to playgrounds. Still useful to have them.

05.12.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In the same way that cycle lanes are car infrastructure ?
Urban parks pre-dated cars so no that doesn't entirely work.

05.12.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hate traffic too.
My e-bike will take me anywhere and back within 20 miles or so at will.
Brompton plus train requires a bit more notice.

05.12.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

4.10 single Oyster/contactless apparently.

05.12.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I swapped a hollowtech for taper for my partner's bike. Ho 1 and Ho 2 were incompatible. Sq taper is straightforward.

05.12.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ideally they shouldn't be able to because of physical barriers.
How to deal with lanes outside of car parking? Should they be inside the parking ?

05.12.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Freedom to park where they want is usually the main concern. Don't think that is a Human Right.

05.12.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fewer cars in the long term - people tend to look at immediate effect.

05.12.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The snag can be that speed bumps encourage trend to SUVs that are little affected.

05.12.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe raise the cycle track to footway level to make it more conspicuous to turning drivers. Following the green line would place the cyclist up on the track.

04.12.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Analogy - a metal is an element that conducts electricity and is malleable.
Or a metal is made of atoms with low ionisation energy.
Either can be a useful definition.
The second can be used to account for the first.
How many people have had sufficiently detailed brain studies ?

04.12.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe get data on safety from use rather than relying on "seems".

04.12.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Time to end the Hardship loophole.

04.12.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Family mourns Farnham cyclist after man jailed over his death Cyclist Aran Potkin's wife pays tribute to her husband, after a motorist is jailed for causing his death by dangerous driving.

If this driver hadn't managed to plead hardship when facing a ban for phone use, then he may not have later killed someone when using phone whilst driving.
Clearly a habit.
I hope the magistrate/judge who gave him leniency thinks long & hard about their decision
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

04.12.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Continuous footway and cycle track past a side road in the Netherlands, with a ramp to slow down turning vehicles. This design gives pedestrians and cyclists priority over motor vehicles and slows down motor traffic as it turns into and out of the side road, improving safety for all road users

04.12.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

So potential farmers need to buy land so would be helped if Inflated values were reduced.

03.12.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If the profitability is so low then it must be the IHT avoidance potential that is inflating the value. What else ?

03.12.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Screws have points , bolts don't.
Self-tapping screws are a hybrid.

03.12.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Earning more, eating better and environmentally resilient: The impact of the bicycle in the developing world A two-year study from the World Bicycle Relief charity showed significant returns on investment and the bike's power as a "catalytic tool"

β€œA nearly 15-to-1 return on investment places bicycles alongside the most impactful anti-poverty programs, delivering lasting benefits at a fraction of the cost."

03.12.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

London might well do the same.

03.12.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@richmondcycling.bsky.social
"The most important part of the bike plan is the car plan."

03.12.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Five policies to help your city go Dutch Dutch cities use the bicycle as a tool to reduce car dominance and dependence, and improve the equity, safety, and livability of their streets

Five policies to help your city go Dutch and put bicycles and people first.
momentummag.com/five-policie...

03.12.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!

Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.

City: No, we'll lose parking spots.

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