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It's getting hot in here!
Apparently, this is beyond the wit of man to achieve! We've
put someone on the moon, built planes that can't be detected
by radars and managed to double the computing power of microchips
every two years for decades. Yet the biggest engineering challenge
to face us is finding a solution to improve the cooling on the
tube so that humans at least have the same transport rights
as cattle (it would be illegal to carry cattle in the overcrowded,
overheated conditions everyone faces on the tube in the summer).
Is it just me, or is this beyond a joke? Red Ken held a competition
in 2003 for 'ideas' with a prize of £100k - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3069037.stm
If you look at some of the 'joke' reader suggestions, they
include putting ice in the carriages... amazingly, this was
adopted as the plan! Have a look at:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1884626.ece
Spot a time gap? 3-4 years to come up with a plan! And then,
within a few months...
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23421833-
details/TfL+to+axe+%C2%A3150m+Tube+improvements/article.do
The announcement of the scrapping of the £150m plan
- in NOVEMBER (when no-one thinks about overheating).
Call me a cynic, but Red Ken is a true politician that's
managed to spend a hell of a lot of our money on gimmicks
and self-promotion, yet has done absolutely nothing to actually
improve anything!
Arguably London is the capital of Europe and one of the greatest
cities in the world. It's time to for serious change before
Londoners become seriously ashamed of their home city |
