Posts by Bluest Thinking

Parisians say au revoir to shared e-scooters

Re: "the French capital was taking a step backwards in environmental sustainability"

e-Scooters are a missile when ridden on pavements where pedestrians are walking at around 3mph or so. e-Scooters are going at up to 18mph unless they have derestricted the scooter. Using them on the road they are slightly less visible and much more unstable than bicycles. If they were obliged to use the road equipped with third party accident insurance, a cycle helmet with affixed rear facing red LED light, and a high visibility vest then that is probably the best way to go.

Australian bank stops handling cash at the counter in some branches

SAY NO TO PROGRAMMABLE CBDC.

This is the start of the slippery slope to wards the removal of cash and the replacement with CBDC. Central Bank Digital Currency. Happy to go CBDC but dead against any 'programmable' CBDC. A programmable CBDC gives Government total power over citizens and their spending habits, taxation, travel rights etc. SAY NO TO PROGRAMMABLE CBDC.