The Mysterious Death of the Petrol Station
This item caught my eye, as there are pros and cons to the whole problem of petrol/fossil fuel usage.
On the one hand, Seaton has one petrol filling station and a lot of residents are car dependent. Even with 250+ jobs replacing the 150+ people will still have to travel, by car, to work/school/leisure activity...in my view because East Devon is a predominantly rural area with towns dotted over it.
On the other, there is a growing push to reduce the petrol use by changing the local community area into a more sustainable one, thus reducing dependence on oil.
Read the article and see what you think.
See also Sustainable Seaton.
Labels: oil dependence, sustainable development
posted by archmaster @ 4:18 pm
2 Comments:
You only have to look at Sidbury to know this is happening here. 2 petrol stations there have shut recently and are (surprise surprise) now houses/flats.
I suppose petrol stations are counting the cost of the need for housing.
@ Balderick 10:48
Yes I noticed the Sidmouth change, I originally had a scan at this problem whilst looking at rural schools (ie: the logistics of getting kids to main schools) and I really hadn't considered the whole problem of fuel supply for the whole population.
Since taking an interest in the Peak Oil concept/movement there's an issue for a place like Seaton in the years ahead. We're being told that most people shop outside of Seaton (actually, when I lived in a larger town in Sussex, we regularly went to another one to shop), but we're in the age of internet shopping where geography doesn't seem to matter, and we're also told that choice is what is important...
do we need to drive anywhere and shop from home? do we encourage more choice to come here for our shopping habits, why are people shopping away from town REALLY..and who are these people anyway hmm so many thoughts, so little time;-)
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